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Last Sunday, February 24, the winter day of Open Doors was held in the Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo in Torre Pacheco.
An event organized by the Department of Tourism of the City Council of Torre Pacheco, with the collaboration of the Mupantquat Association.
From 9 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon and divided into three groups of 50 people every hour, visitors had the opportunity to visit the Sima de las Palomas, guided by the same team that each summer performs paleoanthropological excavations in this Neanderthal Deposit.
El Cabezo Gordo is a protected landscape with great biotic, landscape, paleontological and cultural interest.
In this natural area of ​​the municipality of Torre Pacheco is the Sima de las Palomas, considered the second most important Paleontological site after Atapuerca.
A day in which the hundreds of visitors, they knew the Cave of the Water, a great mining gallery, and a natural lake where the water is filtered in the interior of the mountain;
they also entered the Sima de las Palomas, where they retreated more than 50,000 years, to discover our origins and learn more about Homo Neanderthalensis;
In addition, during the visit to the Interpretation Center, in the Cave of the Foot of the Giant, videos were projected explaining the different theories about the disappearance of Homo Neandethalensis and if it really became extinct.
For photography lovers, a photo contest "El Cabezo Gordo, desencúbrelo" was organized, in which the prize consists of spending a day at Sima de las Palomas with archaeologists during the summer season 2019.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco
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