Cave of Altamira

The Altamira Cave, known as the prehistoric "Sistine Chapel", is located near Santiliana Delmar, a prehistoric cave discovered in 1869, which is believed to have been inhabited between 11,000 and 17,000 years ago. The 270-meter-deep cave contains a large number of rock murals and some ancient symbols, among others.

The ceiling appearance of the Altamira Cave is not the same low height, some are so low that they even have to crawl. Averagely, the height of the ceiling is not enough to allow tall adults to stand and explore what is so flexible. But such barrier is not a problem for his daughter, because while he stands his face, squinted the floor. The cave to find historical evidence is there, the daughter is standing up and looking at the various pictures. which are enjoyable on the walls and ceilings of the cave. It is equal to that this girl is the first modern man to see the precious image of the primitive humans. When Mr. Marcelino heard the daughter calling to see the various pictures. immediately makes him know that it is definitely a great painting of old stone-age cave humans. He collected important evidence of this discovery and proposed to the Seminar of thenthropology and archaeology in Lisbon, Portugal. In the year A.D. 1880, but it was rejected by the meeting with the idea that it was unlikely.

The old, humanistic historical heritage is worth seeing.