Altamira

American  

[al-tuh-meer-uh, ahl-tah-mee-rah] / ˌæl təˈmɪər ə, ˌɑl tɑˈmi rɑ /

noun

1. a cave in northern Spain, near Santander, noted for its Upper Paleolithic polychrome paintings of bison, deer, and pigs.

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Altamira British  

/ altaˈmira /

noun

1. a cave in N Spain, SW of Santander, noted for Old Stone Age wall drawings

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Altamira

On Wednesday, when the quakes struck, Rosenwald was at a birthday party for children on the roof of a building in Caracas’s hard-hit Altamira neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Cabello told VTV that the Altamira and Los Palos Grandes neighbourhoods of Caracas were the worst hit.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

An AFP journalist saw a 22-story building completely destroyed in the capital's Altamira neighborhood, where people cried out relatives' names as volunteers climbed over the rubble.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The deeper slip plane associated with the ancient Altamira slide was measured around 245 to 345 feet below ground, the report said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

At Altamira and Lascaux, then, the main purpose may no longer have been to “kill” but to “make” animals: to increase their supply, perhaps through seasonal rituals repeated year after year.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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