The young people of Santillana Dell Mar 18 are able to access the original cave of Altamira | Culture

Special, unexpected gift. The youth of the 18 -year -old Santillana Dell Mar, along with the majority, receive the right to seek: They can access the original Altamira cave. The trustees of the National Museum and Research Center of Altamira were unanimously approved today at a meeting in the same town that hosted the famous cave. “In this way, in 250 visits that allow each year For prevention conservation reasons, 20 will be reserved for young people registered in Santillana Del Mar. This measurement tries to make the Altamira cave feel and strengthens the heritage recognition of the youth of the municipality, ”the statement of the culture ministry, the president of the rock of the rock

“The selection system is determined by the City Council of Santillana Dell Mar, always according to the standards of transparency in the selection.” At the same time, the meeting was established The current rule of visits, The cave closed for an open visit for conservation issues until June 2002 is an appointment of the chronological requests collected on the active waiting list. Access in 2014 was re -authorized, but with another format: five people per week were open transactions. After the pandemic, it was decided to recover the waiting list, from which 720 applications were carried out at the moment. Always, yes, with a limit of 250 annual visits.

Access to the cave has created negotiations and controversy over the past years. At the same time, Santillana maintains the reproduction of the Dell Mar cave so that many people can get an idea of ​​cave images without affecting the conservation of space.

Other issues were also solved by the Board of Trustees. After investing about two million euros in the museum in 2024, the culture plans to distribute 1.1 million this year, “to improve access to the museum, restore the lighting of the Neoqua, to strengthen the land of the cave digital modeling system and to strengthen the conservation.”

“The Institute of Cultural Heritage of Heritage has demonstrated a new management tool from the Spain Board of Trustees, which is a pioneer in the use of BIM technology for cultural heritage, which allows the cave’s digital couple to produce all agents and other organizations with this system. Adds the document.