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The Casa de los Gatos or Casa dels Gats is an animal shelter in Valencia, Spain. Its house-shaped facade was made by artist Alfonso Yuste Navarro in 2003. Its house-shaped facade was made by artist Alfonso Yuste Navarro in 2003.
At Lomo de los Gatos on Gran Canaria, a site occupied from 1,600 years ago up until the 1960s, round stone houses, complex burial sites, and associated artefacts have been found. [74] Across the islands are thousands of Libyco-Berber alphabet inscriptions scattered and they have been extensively documented by many linguists.
One should note that the Community of Campoo-Cabuérniga does not constitute a municipality per se, but rather is a sui generis territorial entity within Cantabria. Due to its unique size and makeup, the management of the locale is shared between the surrounding municipalities of Hermandad de Campoo de Suso, Cabuérniga, Los Tojos, and Ruente. [7]
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain. The Cave of Altamira is located near Santillana del Mar.This cave, called the "Sistine Chapel of Quaternary", is relatively small (270 m (890 ft)) and contains the rock paintings of sixteen bison, several depictions of deer, the largest of which is 2.25 m (7.4 ft) tall and of horses.
In Cantabria, 73 species of wild mammals can be found, grouped into 20 families. [Note 1] Some of them, such as the Spanish mole, the desman, the Granada hare and the broom hare, are considered Iberian endemisms, while others, such as the genet, the American mink or the coypu, are exotic species introduced by man.
People and things related to the modern Spanish autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria. Cantabrian people, modern inhabitants of Cantabria; Basques, as they were sometimes referred during Modern Age; Cantabrian Mountains, mountain range in Northern Spain; Cantabrian Sea, southern end of the Bay of Biscay
Los Cántabros. Santander 1983. González Echegaray, J. Ed. Librería Estvdio. ISBN 84-87934-23-4; Gran Enciclopedia de Cantabria. Santander 1985 (8 tomos) y 2002 (tomos IX, X y XI). Various. Editorial Cantabria S.A. ISBN 84-86420-00-8; Mitología y Supersticiones de Cantabria. Santander 1993. Adriano García-Lomas. Ed. Librería Estvdio. ISBN ...
Campoo (formally Campoo-Los Valles) is a comarca (district) of Cantabria located in the High Ebro.With an area of slightly more than 1,000 km 2, it includes the municipalities of Hermandad de Campoo de Suso, Campoo de Enmedio, Campoo de Yuso, Valdeolea, Valdeprado del Río, Valderredible, Reinosa, Las Rozas de Valdearroyo, Santiurde de Reinosa, Pesquera, and San Miguel de Aguayo.