Unesco visits Basque Palaeolithic caves

[Wayne Harrison]

Unesco visits Basque Palaeolithic caves of Santimamiñe and Ekain
09/03/2007

An expert will assess the caves to study if they are included in the World Heritage List. The only site in the Basque Country in the list nowadays is the Hanging Bridge of Bizkaia.

An expert from the Unesco will visit the Basque caves of Santimamiñe (in Kortezubi, Bizkaia) and Ekain (in Deba, Gipuzkoa) to assess the "Palaeolithic Cave Art of the Cantabrian coast" candidature, which could be included in the World Heritage List.

Anyway, the World Heritage Committee of the Unesco won't make a decision on the award until June or July 2008.

The candidature is formed by several caves, those two in the Basque Country, as well as Peña de Candamo, Tito Bustillo and El Pindal in Asturias; and Chufin, Hornos de la Peña, El castillo, La Pasiega, Las Monedas, El Pendo, La Garma and Covalanas in Cantabria.

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