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• Cantabrian Maritime Museum. Santander.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … San Martín de Bajamar s/n. 39004. Santander. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942281068 | E-mail: mmc@gobcantabria.es. http://www.museosdecantabria.com/maritimo/. A historical journey through this Spanish Sea. This venue offers a profound look at different areas of the underwater and maritime world. The Cantabr…

• Prehistory and Archaeology Museum of Cantabria. Santander.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avda. de los Castros 65-67. 39005. Santander. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942207106 | E-mail: mupac@gobcantabria.es. www.museosdecantabria.com. Flavióbriga. Most of the 1,200 objects on display in this museum date from the period between the Upper Palaeolithic and the Iron Age. There are also items from th…

• Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church-Cathedral. Santander.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Obispo José E. Eguino s/n. 39002. Santander. Cantabria. http://www.turismodecantabria.com/patrimonio_ficha.php?id=89. A church which took on great importance. The lower section of the church dates from the early 13th century. The upper section of the church dates from the 14th century, whi…

• La Garma Cave. Ribamontán al Monte.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Ribamontán al Monte. 39793. Omoño. Ribamontán al Monte. Cantabria. http://www.turismodecantabria.com/. An exhibition of the Palaeolithic period and Late Prehistory. Designated World Heritage in 2008. This cave, located on La Gama Mountain, is divided into various levels. In the upper hall there are …

• El Pendo Cave. Camargo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39609. Escobedo. Camargo. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942598305 | E-mail: reservascuevas@culturadecantabria.es. http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com/. A cave of monumental proportions. Designated World Heritage in 2008. It is situated in the heart of the Camargo Valley and measures up to 40 metres in width…

• Elsedo Museum of Contemporary Art. Liérganes.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Barrio de Elsedo s/n, (Pámanes). 39718. Lierganes. Liérganes. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942635022 | http://www.vallespasiegos.org. The museum is located in an 18th century palace that belonged to the first count of Torre Hermosa. Its collection is private, with paintings and sculptures from the 19th and …

• Castañeda Collegiate Church. Castañeda.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera N-634 Vargas-Sarón a 2 km. 39660. Pomaluengo. Castañeda. Cantabria. A halt on the Pilgrim's Road to Santiago de Compostela. The existing building is from the 12th century, although the church of Santa Cruz, in Romanesque style, and a monastery, previously stood on the site. Because of its …

• Parish Church of Santiago Apóstol. Suances.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39360. Ongayo. Suances. Cantabria.…

• Las Chimeneas Cave. Puente Viesgo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Monte del Castillo. 39670. Puente Viesgo. Cantabria. http://www.turismodecantabria.com/. A legacy of engravings on clay. Designated World Heritage in 2008. Discovered in 1953, it has various panels of macaroni-type engravings, made with the fingers on clay, with animals and non-figurative motifs. Ov…

• La Pasiega Cave. Puente Viesgo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Monte Castillo. 39670. Puente Viesgo. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942598305 | Paintings of Prehistory. This is the cave with the largest number of cave paintings showing pictorial representations on the Iberian Peninsula. It has 291 drawings of animals, 134 complete signs and 25 series of isolated dots.…

• El Castillo Cave in Puente Viesgo. Puente Viesgo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39670. Puente Viesgo. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942598305 | E-mail: reservascuevas@culturadecantabria.es . http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com/. Cave paintings and symbols. The cave contains paintings of a great many animals, including drawings of dogs, which is not common in this area of Cantabria. Rem…

• Las Monedas Cave. Puente Viesgo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Monte del Castillo. 39670. Puente Viesgo. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942598305 | E-mail: reservascuevas@culturadecantabria.es. http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com/. An impressive labyrinth of stalactites. Designated World Heritage in 2008. This is the longest cave in the Monte del Castillo area. Its name…

• Church of Santa María del Puerto. Santoña.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39740. Santoña. Cantabria. This building is in the Burgundy style and has three naves and a legendary origin, as the church is said to have been founded by the apostle Saint James himself.…

• Monument to Juan de la Cosa. Santoña.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39740. Santoña. Cantabria. This monument was built in memory of Juan de la Cosa, who was born in this town and was a 15th-century navigator and mapmaker known for having drawn up the first map of the world which showed the territories discovered in America.…

• Santillana del Mar Collegiate Church. Santillana del Mar.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Abad Francisco Navarro s/n. 39330. Santillana. Santillana del Mar. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942840380 | E-mail: info@santillanamuseodiocesano.com. www.santillanamuseodiocesano.com. The Romanesque heart of Santillana del Mar. The church has its origins in a monastery dating from 870. Tradition …

• Gardens of the Puente San Miguel Estate. Reocín.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Barrio del Molino s/n. 39530. Puente San Miguel. Reocín. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942838240 | http://turismodecantabria.com. Puente de San Miguel is an old Cantabrian garden, a manor house with the extraordinary charm of carefully tended, age-old trees. For over 300 years, the estate has been owned by t…

• Altamira National Museum and Research Centre. Santillana del Mar.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida Sanz de Sautuola, s/n. 39330. Santillana. Santillana del Mar. Cantabria. Tel.: +34 942818005 | +34 902242424 | Fax.: +34 942840157 | E-mail: informacion.maltamira@mcu.es. http://museodealtamira.mcu.es/. The days of Altamira. A grand tour of prehistoric archaeology to interpret what life was …

• New Church. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. This building has a single cruciform nave and is the work of the architect from Colindrés, Emilio Canosa.…

• Church of San Juan Bautista. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. This church was built on the site of the old Monastery of San Juan and San Jorge, and was repaired in 1580. It is a building with a single nave and a polygonal apse.…

• Palace of El Infantado or Condestable. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. Built in masonry, except for the ashlar stonework on the corners, it has been in ruins since the French invasion of 1639. It is built in a typical style of Cantabria, with two joined towers.…

• Gil de la Redonda Palace. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. It has a lower floor with two levels of ashlar stonework and a hipped roof.…

• Palaeolithic Cave Art of the Cantabrian Coast (Altamira Cave extension). Santillana del Mar.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Santillana del Mar. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942840157 | E-mail: maltamira@mcu.es. http://museodealtamira.mcu.es/. Prehistoric cave art in northern Spain. 17 caves that represent one of the most important ensembles of Palaeolithic art in Europe. The UNESCO designated Palaeolithic Cave Art of the Cantabr…

• Altamira caves. Santillana del Mar.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona Cuevas de Altamira. 39330. Santillana. Santillana del Mar. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942840157 | http://museodealtamira.mcu.es. Important examples of prehistoric rock art. The paintings are some 14,000 years old and have the World Heritage designation. The cave has an irregular shape and is some 270…

• Hornos de la Peña Cave. San Felices de Buelna.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39409. Tarriba. San Felices de Buelna. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942598305 | E-mail: reservascuevas@culturadecantabria.es. http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com. It one of the most complete ensembles of engravings in the region. Designated World Heritage in 2008. It is located on a hilltop and has an arch…

• Church of Santa María de la Asunción. Laredo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39770. Laredo. Cantabria. This Catholic church is dedicated to the Virgin of La Asunción. It has a Plateresque altarpiece, a figurehead of Saint Mary, the figure of Christ Cacicedo and a large painted altarpiece in the Flemish style by Petrus Nicolai Morauli.…