Altamira -

a karst cave in the Cantabrian mountains in n orthern Spain, near Santillana del Mar. Discovered in 1879, The i nterior is covered with wielobarwnymi drawings belonging to the c ulture magdaleńskiej. Length of the cave about 270 meters, high in certain branches and chambers: 1-2,6 m. The main part of the roof of the cave with an area. Over 100 hectares of animal silhouettes found. More than a dozen bison (bison), deer, horses, and Capricorn, and the geometric characters, painted in three colors: red, black and violet.