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🏔️ Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain: Hornos de la Peña

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🏔️ Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain: Hornos de la Peña
Upper Paleolithic engraving site in Cantabrian limestone


🕐 3 min read · Updated 11 Apr 2026 at 03:41

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📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Cantabria, northern Spain
  • Period: Upper Paleolithic, approximately 14,000 years ago
  • Art form: Engraved animal figures on limestone
  • UNESCO inscription: 2008

Hornos de la Peña is a limestone cavern in Cantabria, northern Spain, that preserves engraved artwork created by ...

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