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Cueva de Tito Bustillo

Spain · Europe · ✦ UNESCO World Heritage Site
Prehistoric cave art at Cueva de Tito Bustillo© Falconaumanni · CC BY 3.0
Exceptional

A polychrome horse–deer frieze of rare scale and chromatic brilliance

Age
~35,000 yrs
Period
Solutrean–Magdalenian
Setting
Cave
Art form
Paintings
Discovered
1968
Status
Open (Seasonal)
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An Asturian cave housing spectacular polychrome paintings, including a multi-meter frieze of horses and deer on its main panel. The site was accidentally discovered by spelunkers in 1968 and remains one of the finest Paleolithic art sites in Cantabrian Spain.

Gallery

Notable Features

  • ◦ Horse–Deer Frieze
  • ◦ Polychrome Horses
  • ◦ Vulva Engraving Panel

Depicted Subjects

HorsesDeerReindeerSealsBison

Plan a Visit

AccessThis cave can be visited.
Sources & Further Reading
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