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Rincon de la Victoria Caves
This cave, known as the Cueva del Higuerón or the
Cueva del Suizo, is situated on the Cantal hill, half way
between La Cala and Rincón.
Here we will find Palaeolithic remains from the first Bronze
Age. Besides its archaeological value, there is also the mythical
belief that this was the sanctuary of the Mediterranean Goddess
Noctiluca 2,500 years ago. Of the numerous caves inside the
complex, the most interesting is the Cueva del Tesoro, with
500 metres of gallery.
Very close to this there is a series of smaller caves, the
most interesting of which is the Cueva de la Victoria.
This is in the area known as the Cantal Gordo, and is currently
closed to the public. It had been suffering a great deal of
contamination since first discovered in 1939, and the writer
Giménez Reyna tells how, in 1943, the farm workers
of the region used to search for bats inside the cave, to
be used as fertiliser.
The cave has some beautiful paintings on its walls, some fairly
abstract in ochre colors and some bird shapes. Recently,
more Palaeolithic paintings in reds and black have been found
in the area.
The cave was named by the Swiss treasure hunter Antonio de
la Nari, who arrived here at the beginning of the 19th century
in search of the treasures buried by the Five Moorish Kings.
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