SOPEÑA-SALITRE II CAVE

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Type de site:
Cave

Lieu de location: Sopeña-Noja
Ville: La Cárcoba
Commune: Miera (Cantabria)
Région: Cantabria
Pays: Espagne
Site Web: https://www.vallespasiegos.org/turismo/que-ver-y-que-hacer/que-ver-y-que-hacer2/item/7-cueva-sope%C3%B1a-salitre-ii-miera

Environnement naturel:

The cave is at the foot of a large limestone hill, with hardly any vegetation, surrounded by meadows and barns, west of the River Miera.

Eléments archéologiques du site:

The middle course of the River Miera has a large number of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites. In the immediate surroundings of the cave, there is Salitre Cave (closed for conservation reasons), El Collado, El Llerao and El Rascaño.

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Horaires d'ouverture:

Contact with Miera´s Town Hall (+34 942539746)

Réservation et accès:

Visits can be booked by telephone.

Destinations culturelles proches:

Church of Santa María de La Cárcoba, in Miera. Route of the Pasiega Barns, in San Roque de Riomiera. Villages of Liérganes and La Cávada. Rucando Parish Church.

Destinations naturelles proches:

The whole upper Miera Valley is an area of great natural beauty. Peaks of Castro Valnera and Porracolina.

Hébergement (Web du tourisme):
https://turismodecantabria.com/
Restaurants (Web du tourisme):
https://www.turismodecantabria.com/descubrela/donde-comer

Chronologie des représentations rupestres:

Upper Palaeolithic (20,000-14,000 years ago)

Description générale de la destination:

A reconstruction of a Palaeolithic dwelling. The cave also contains reproductions of the paintings in Salitre Cave, both the red Solutrean and the black Magdalenian figures. Some of the natural bear pits in the cave display replicas of the original bones found in them.

Histoire du site:

Sopeña Cave was explored by the Colectivo para la Ampliación de Estudios de Arqueología Prehistórica in the early 1980s. Salitre Cave was one of the first caves with Palaeolithic rock art to be discovered in Spain, in 1903. Its paintings were discovered and studied by Lorenzo Sierra and Alcalde del Río.

Description des ressources du musée:

There is a small museum and interpretation centre in La Cárcoba village that shows the Cultural Heritage of the Municipality of Miera (https://www.vallespasiegos.org/turismo/que-ver-y-que-hacer/que-ver-y-que-hacer2/item/1761-museo-y-centro-documental-del-alto-miera )