by Lali » Sun May 19, 2019 8:31 pm
In Spain there are the caves of Altamira in Cantabria. This cave is carved into the rock and has paintings on the ceiling and cave walls of cave paintings from the Paleolithic period. In 1985 they were declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. The cave was discovered in 1868 by an Asturian who found the entrance with his dog a day of hunting. The paintings of the cave are the first prehistoric pictorial discovery and it was so surprising that it aroused distrust in some scientists. Altamira is part of the Upper Paleolithic. The habitants of the Altamira area were tribes of nomadic hunters, formed by between 20 and 30 people. The cave was habited for 22,000 years. The Bison is one of the most expressive and admired paintings of the whole. It is painted on a bulge of the vault. The Great Doe, the largest of all the figures represented, is 2.25 m. It manifests a masterful technical perfection and is one of the best forms of the great roof. For some years they have been closed to the public because their conservation has been questioned. In 2014 they were opened again to the public with a limitation of five visitors a day for only 37 minutes.
In Spain there are the caves of Altamira in Cantabria. This cave is carved into the rock and has paintings on the ceiling and cave walls of cave paintings from the Paleolithic period. In 1985 they were declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. The cave was discovered in 1868 by an Asturian who found the entrance with his dog a day of hunting. The paintings of the cave are the first prehistoric pictorial discovery and it was so surprising that it aroused distrust in some scientists. Altamira is part of the Upper Paleolithic. The habitants of the Altamira area were tribes of nomadic hunters, formed by between 20 and 30 people. The cave was habited for 22,000 years. The Bison is one of the most expressive and admired paintings of the whole. It is painted on a bulge of the vault. The Great Doe, the largest of all the figures represented, is 2.25 m. It manifests a masterful technical perfection and is one of the best forms of the great roof. For some years they have been closed to the public because their conservation has been questioned. In 2014 they were opened again to the public with a limitation of five visitors a day for only 37 minutes.
