The Key of Santillana del Mar and Altamira

The Key of Santillana del Mar and Altamira

  • Author: García Guinea, Miguel Ángel
  • Publisher: Sílex Ediciones
  • Serie: Colección La Llave
  • ISBN: 8485041828
  • Place of publication:  Madrid , Spain
  • Year of publication: 1991
  • Pages: 178

Esta guía ofrece un paseo por la historia y los monumentos de la famosa villa de Santillana del Mar, y un análisis estético y arqueológico de las internacionalmente conocidas Cuevas de Altamira.

  • Cubierta
  • Página de créditos
  • Portada
  • Índice
  • I. The Village of Santillana del Mar
    • Poetry and Form
    • The Literary Discovery of Santillana
    • The History of Santillana
  • II. A Stroll Through Historic Santillana
    • Streets of Santo Domingo-Cantón
      • Peredo-Barreda or Marquis of Benemejís de Sistallo Home
      • House of the Late Fifteenth Century
      • Villa Family Home
      • Barreda and Peredo Homes
      • Gómez-Estrada Home
      • La Cueva and Bustamante Houses
      • Velarde Ancestral Home
      • Valdivielso Family Mansion
      • Tower of Jesús Otero
      • Map of the city
      • House of Leonor de la Vega
      • "Hombrones" House and Coat of Arms
      • Cossio and Quevedo Family Mansions
      • House of the Archduchess of Austria
    • The Collegiate Church of St. Juliana and its Environs
      • The Church
      • The Cloister
      • Velarde Family Mansion
    • The Square of Ramón Pelayo
      • Street of las Lindas
      • The "Torrona" or Tower of Merino
      • Tower of Don Borja
      • The Ayuntamiento (Town Hall) and Jail
      • The Gil Blas National Parador
    • Street of Juan Infante
      • Estrada Family Home
      • Houses Noble and Humble
    • The South Section of Santillana
      • The Convent of Regina Coeli: Diocesan Museum
      • The Convent of the Dominicas
      • The Revolgo Meadow and Tagle Family House
  • Ill. Santillana del Mar and Altamira
  • IV. History of the Discovery of the Altamira Paintings
    • Discovery of the Cave
    • Sautuola Sets the Birth of Art Back Thousands of Years
    • Passion and Glory of Sautuola
  • V. Altamira: "Sixtine Chapel of Quaternary Art"
    • The Cave and its Galleries
    • The Bison Hall
    • Other Carvings and Paintings in the Cave
    • Artistic Value of the Altamira Paintings
    • The Archaeological Deposits of Altamira
  • VI. Bibliography
  • VII. Index of Illustrations
  • Contracubierta

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