Place: Cave of Altamira, Spain
Weather: Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers, 49/60F.
Route: From San Millan 250 km NW on AP-68 and A-8.
Significance: Paleolithic cave paintings are always so mysterious. Who painted this and why? Was it some weird member of the community who saw things differently? Or was he/she celebrated for their work and it was a big part of the community? These paintings were between 15-25,000 years ago. The most common painting was of buffalo, but there are many other animals and even some mysterious symbols.
Some of the many images of buffalo (from whc.unesco.org)
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