Altamira Cave

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archaeological site prehistoric cave tourist attraction

Altamira Cave is a prehistoric cave in northern Spain renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Paleolithic rock art, especially vivid polychrome paintings of bison.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Altamira 2
Altamira Cave canonical 2
Museo Nacional de Altamira 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
prehistoric cave ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
approximateDating circa 36,000–13,000 BCE ⓘ
approximateNumberOfFigures over 150 ⓘ
artPeriod Magdalenian ⓘ
surface form: Magdalenian culture

Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
surface form: Upper Paleolithic
contains Great Ceiling of polychrome bison ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
culturalAttribution Cro-Magnon people ⓘ
discoveredBy Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola ⓘ
discoveryYear 1868 ⓘ
firstScientificRecognitionYear 1879 ⓘ
hasArtworkType charcoal drawings ⓘ
engravings ⓘ
polychrome paintings ⓘ
hasDesignation National Monument (Spain) ⓘ
surface form: National Monument of Spain
hasMotif abstract signs ⓘ
deer ⓘ
handprints ⓘ
horses ⓘ
wild boar ⓘ
hasReplica Altamira Cave self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Neocueva de Altamira
initialScholarlyReaction authenticity disputed in late 19th century ⓘ
knownFor Paleolithic cave art ⓘ
Upper Paleolithic paintings ⓘ
polychrome paintings of bison ⓘ
well-preserved rock art ⓘ
laterScholarlyConsensus paintings accepted as genuine Paleolithic art ⓘ
locatedIn Cantabria ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Spain ⓘ
locatedNear Santillana del Mar ⓘ
mainMotif bison ⓘ
managedBy Spanish Ministry of Culture ⓘ
paintingTechnique use of mineral pigments ⓘ
use of natural rock relief ⓘ
pigmentType black manganese oxide ⓘ
red ochre ⓘ
reasonForRestrictedAccess conservation of paintings ⓘ
roofPaintingsName Great Ceiling ⓘ
significance evidence of early symbolic behavior in Homo sapiens ⓘ
key site for study of Paleolithic art ⓘ
UNESCOExtensionYear 2008 ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1985 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus part of Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain ⓘ
visitorAccess highly restricted ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

northern Spain → hasUNESCOSite → Altamira Cave ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Spain
Spanish national museum system → includesInstitution → Altamira Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Museo Nacional de Altamira
Hugh Hudson → directed → Altamira Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altamira
Cantabria → contains → Altamira Cave ⓘ
Altamira Cave → hasReplica → Altamira Cave self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neocueva de Altamira
Magdalenian → hasSite → Altamira Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Altamira