santimamiñe

By Paula and Nerea

The cave of Santimamiñe is on Vizcaya.

Santimamiñe is included on the list of UNESCO world heritage sites.

The cave of Santimamiñe is on Vizcaya on the basque country. People found paintings of the paleolithic. Santimamiñe is one of the most important on the Basque Country because they have goods paintings rocks.On 1916 some child's discover this cave. On 2006 they closed the cave to the public.

This is a painting of a horse.

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In this photo there are harpoon.

The paintings are found in three small panels in the main passage and a small side passage consisting of corridor called the Antechamber and a final Chamber, which has most of the art. Above all, the Chamber has numerous figures of black bison accompanied by a horse. In general they are not very large figures and not too carefully painted, but they are very characteristic of Magdalenian art in north Spain and the Pyrenees. In total the cave has about 50 paintings .

The cave is an ancient places. It has a length of three hundred sixty-six meters.Santimamiñe has stalactites and stalagmites, form figures curious.

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These are the paintings that are in Santimamiñe.

A bear. 32 bisons. A stag.

7 mountain goats 6 horses And other incomplete pictures

This a map of the basque country the cave of Santimamiñe is in the north. On Vizcaya.

WHERE IS THE CAVE OF SANTIMAMIÑE?

This is a map of vizcaya one part of the basque country.

Opinion:Our opinion for this cave is positive. We think they are a good cave to visit because they have good rock paintings.

This is a video about the cave: