Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
A World Heritage Site in Spain, inscribed in 1985 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 1985
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (i)(iii)
- Component parts
- 18
- Coordinates
- 43.3825, -4.1162
- UNESCO ID
- 310
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Names in other languages
- French
- Grotte d’Altamira et art rupestre paléolithique du nord de l’Espagne
- Spanish
- Cueva de Altamira y arte rupestre paleolítico del norte de España
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- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2007)
- Antequera Dolmens Site (2016)
- Aranjuez Cultural Landscape (2001)
- Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (1993)
- Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco (2000)
- Archaeological Site of Atapuerca (2000)
- Burgos Cathedral (1984)
- Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (2018)
- Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí (2000)
- Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (1987)
- Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana (2011)
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