Places to see in ( Cantabria - Spain ) Cuevas de Puente Viesgo
Places to see in ( Cantabria - Spain ) Cuevas de Puente Viesgo
The Cueva de El Castillo, or the Cave of the Castle, is an archaeological site within the complex of the Caves of Monte Castillo, and is located in Puente Viesgo, in the province of Cantabria, Spain. It contains the oldest known cave art in Europe.
Some researchers argue this might even be the oldest known example of artwork in the world and possibly a product of Homo neanderthalensis. Hand stencils, claviforms (club shapes) and disks made by blowing paint onto the wall in El Castillo cave were found that date back at least 40,800 years, making them older than those of the Chauvet Cave in central France, which are dated to around 39,000 years BP.
As traditional methods such as radiocarbon dating do not work where there is no organic pigment, a team of British, Spanish and Portuguese researchers led by Dr. Alistair Pike of the University of Bristol dated the formation of tiny stalactites on top of the paintings using the Uranium-thorium dating technique, thus obtaining a minimum age for the art. Where larger stalagmites had been painted, maximum ages were also obtained.
The archaeological stratigraphy has been divided into around 19 layers, depending on the source they slightly deviate from each other, however the overall sequence is consistent, beginning in the early Aurignacian, around 44,100 years ago and ending in the Bronze Age.
Cueva del Castillo was discovered in 1903 by Hermilio Alcalde del Río, a Spanish archaeologist, who was one of the pioneers in the study of the earliest cave paintings of Cantabria. The entrance to the cave was smaller in the past and has been enlarged as a result of archaeological excavations.
Alcalde del Río found an extensive sequence of images executed in charcoal and red ochre on the walls and ceilings of multiple caverns. The paintings and numerous markings and graffiti span from the Lower Paleolithic to the Bronze Age, and even into the Middle Ages. There are over 150 depictions already cataloged, including those that emphasize the engravings of a few deer, complete with shadowing.
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Découverte de la nature en Cantabrie
Découvrez avec Delphine Buffet et Isabelle Kern la beauté unique de la Cantabrie, l'une des plus spectaculaires destinations en Espagne. Ce #monnuagetrip nous montre la nature du Valle de Liébana et les Pics d'Europe depuis le Téléphérique de Fuente Dé, entre d'autres lieux impressionnantes.
Places to see in ( Cantabria - Spain ) Cueva El Soplao
Places to see in ( Cantabria - Spain ) Cueva El Soplao
El Soplao is a cave located in the municipalities of Rionansa, Valdáliga and Herrerías in Cantabria, Spain. It is considered unique for the quality and quantity of geological formations in its 17 miles length, 6 of which are open to the public.
In it are formations such as helíctites (eccentric stalactites defying gravity) and curtains (draperies, or sheets of calcite, sometimes translucent, hanging from the ceiling). Its formation dates back to the Mesozoic, in particular the Cretaceous period 240 million years ago. The entrance is at 540 metres in the Sierra Soplao Arnero.
The cave was accidentally discovered during drilling for mining, subsequently being exploited for the extraction of minerals. During its operation, many local families were supported by the income they got from the mining, combined with farming livestock. After decades of neglect, speleology, and in particular the Cantabria University Speleology Club since 1975, have discovered its true geological value.
On July 1, 2005 the Government of Cantabria opened it to the public and publicised it internationally, after development for tourism and protection rules prohibiting any further activity by the discoverering club. Research goes on, resulting in the study of amber deposits, the recognition of underground stromatolites formed by manganese-oxidising bacteria, and a new mineral form, zaccagnaite-3R.
The cave recently started holding music concerts. Artists like Bertín Osborne or Nando Agüeros have played inside the cave for hundreds of people in 2016. El Soplao is just one of at least 6,500 underground caves in Cantabria.
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Places to see in ( Andalusia - Spain ) Cueva de Nerja
Places to see in ( Andalusia - Spain ) Cueva de Nerja
The Caves of Nerja are a series of caverns close to the town of Nerja in the Province of Málaga, Spain. Stretching for almost 5 kilometres, the caverns are one of Spain's major tourist attractions. Concerts are regularly held in one of the chambers, which forms a natural amphitheatre.
The caves of Nerja were re-discovered in modern times on 12 January 1959 by five friends, who entered through a narrow sinkhole known as La Mina. This forms one of the two natural entrances to the cave system. A third entrance was created in 1960 to allow easy access for tourists. The cave is divided into two main parts known as Nerja I and Nerja II.
Nerja I includes the Show Galleries which are open to the public, with relatively easy access via a flight of stairs and concreted pathways to allow tourists to move about in the cavern without difficulty. Nerja II, which is not open to the public, comprises the Upper Gallery discovered in 1960 and the New Gallery discovered in 1969. In February 2012 it was announced that possibly Neanderthal cave paintings have been discovered in the Caves of Nerja.
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Places to see in ( Konstanz - Germany ) Schnetztor
Places to see in ( Konstanz - Germany ) Schnetztor
Southernmost city limit of the 14th century & picturesque city tower: The Constance Schnetztor is next to the Rhine Gate and Powder Tower the only remaining fortification of medieval Konstanz. It was built in the 14th century including a kennel.
Its historic façade fascinates with its preserved timber-framing, and the Löwenplatz, located to the south of the tower, is a good example of the wall foundations preserved in the pavement.
Visitors can view the Schnetztor at any time in the Old Town: on a walk, a city tour or a shopping tour . The highlight: the walk through the wall to the Neugasse as a must-do in the largest city in the Vierländerregion Bodensee.
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Cuevas Del Monte Castillo (El Castillo) - Paleolithic Cave Art - Nov 2013
The Caves complex of Monte Castillo contain one of the most important Paleolithic sites in the region. The complex of caves of Monte Castillo is included in the list of World Heritage of UNESCO since July 2008 and contain decorations in red ochre in the forms of hand stencils (from as far back as 35 300 BC) and dots. One dot has been dated to 38 800 BC, making it the oldest dated cave decoration in the world as of 2012.Neanderthals occupied this area up to 150,000 BC well before homo sapiens emerged out of Africa. Gopro3+ and Canon 60D
CARMONA (CANTABRIA)
En el interior de Cantabria se encuentra este pueblecito no tan conocido como otros en el se pueden contemplar sus bonitas y centenarias casas.