Cantabria day 4 Cuevas de Altamira

Short walk from where we were staying we visited a museum of Altamira Caves. One of the most important monuments of prehistoric art in the world. Cave paintings of exceptional artistic quality, depicting, with extraordinary charm and realism, figures of horses, bisdon, deer, wild boars and other animals, in red clay, white and black tones. According to experts, the paintings on the ceiling of the large cave is considered to be the Sistine Chapel of art, and was exec uted some 13,800 years before Christ. Sorry no photos allowed, but be sure to google it and see. It was well worth the 2 kilometer walk to visit.