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Almonda is noted for the Aroeira cave (possibly the largest cave in the country) in the Karst limestone landscape, where the 400,000 year old Aroeira 3 skull of a Homo Heidelbergensis was discovered in 2014. It is the oldest trace of human history in Portugal. [1] [2] [3] [4]
It occupies an area of 383.9 km 2 (148.2 sq mi) and is the most important limestone deposit in Portugal, with a variety of geological formations and climate associated with karst geomorphology and topography, such as underground caves and sinkholes. [3]
Jorge Ferreira Chaves (22 February 1920 – 22 August 1981) was a Portuguese architect.. Some authors may refer to him as "Jorge Chaves" or simply "Chaves". He was one of the architects responsible, in the latter part of the 1940s, for the establishment of the Modern Movement in Portugal.
The Cave of Aroeira (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɾuˈɐjɾɐ]) is an archaeological and paleoanthropological site in the Portuguese Estremadura Limestone Massif. The cave is located in the village of Almonda , in the civil parish of Zibreira , in the municipality of Torres Novas in the district of Santarém .
There are about 30 caves on the property, including Endless and River caves, which are managed by the Indiana Karst Conservancy. A hiker's path: Exploring the Cave River Valley Natural Area.
Although there are numerous prehistoric art sites in caves, open-air sites are rarer (including Mazouco , Campôme and Siega Verde , and few spread over 17 kilometres. Archaeologists acknowledge sites like this as open-air sanctuaries of prehistoric humankind , with particular relevance to West European Hunter-Gatherer (WHG) history.
Map of Paleolithic cave art sites in the Franco-Cantabrian region.. The Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (Cueva de Altamira y arte rupestre paleolítico del Norte de España) is a grouping of 18 caves of northern Spain, which together represent the apogee of Upper Paleolithic cave art in Europe between 35,000 and 11,000 years ago (Aurignacian, Gravettian, Solutrean ...
The village of Almonda, within the civil parish of Zibreira, is noted for the Aroeira cave, where the 400,000 year old Aroeira 3 skull of a Homo Heidelbergensis was discovered in 2014. It is the oldest trace of human habitation in Portugal .