Santillana del Mar is a historic town situated in Cantabria

Cantabria

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, Spain

Spain

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. Certain features of this historical town includes Altamira Caves

Altamira (cave)

Altamira is a cave in Spain famous for its Upper Paleolithic cave paintings featuring drawings and polychrome rock paintings of wild mammals and human hands....

 (Cuevas de Altamira) and many historic buildings, attracting thousands of holiday-makers every year.

There is an old saying that Santillana del Mar is The Town of Three Lies, since it is neither a Saint (Santo), nor flat (llana) and has no sea (Mar) as implied by the town's name. However, the name actually derives from Santa Juliana (or Santa Illana) whose remains are in the kept in the Colegiata, a Romanesque church and former Benedictine monastery.

Localities

The 3,983 inhabitantes (INE, 2006) are distributed in:

• Arroyo, 43 pop.
• Camplengo, 201 pop.
• Herrán, 204 pop.
• Mijares, 124 pop.
• Queveda, 586 pop.
• Santillana del Mar (Capital), 1.108 pop.
• Ubiarco, 246 pop.
• Vispieres, 337 hab.
• Viveda, 1.069 pop.
• Yuso, 65 pop.

External links

• Santillana del Mar - Cantabria 102 Municipios
• Pictures of Santillana del Mar
• Panoramic Photos of Santillana del Mar Village