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   Palacio de la Magdalena

   The Palacio de la Magdalena (Spanish for Magdalena Palace) is a palace in Santander (Cantabria), Spain.

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   Santander Cathedral

   Santander Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Santander, or "Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary of Santander") is located in the Spanish city of Santander.

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   Sardinero

   Sardinero is a popular beach located in the Spanish city of Santander, Cantabria.

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   Cueva de El Pendo

   A prehistoric cave in Cantabria, Spain. It was inhabited from the Middle Palaeolithic, around 82,000 BC, until roughly 1500 BC.

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   Cabarceno Natural Park

   Cabárceno Natural Park (Spanish: Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno) is a zoo and nature reserve located in the town of Penagos, Spain, 17 kilometres south of Santander.

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   Botin Centre

   An art centre and cultural venue on the waterfront of Santander, Cantabria, Spain, designed by Renzo Piano.

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   La Garma cave complex

   The La Garma cave complex is a parietal art-bearing paleoanthropological cave system in Cantabria, Spain. It is located just north of the village of Omoño, part of the municipality of Ribamontán al Monte.

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   Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria

   The Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria (also known as MAS) is an art museum in Santander, Spain. Today the museum specializes in modern and contemporary art.

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   Playa de los Bikinis

   A beach in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, tucked beside the Magdalena peninsula.

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    Cantabrian coast

    The roughly 150-kilometre coastline of Cantabria in northern Spain, a run of cliffs, sandy beaches and river mouths one after another.

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   Arnía

   Playa de la Arnía, commonly known as Arnía, is a beach located in the natural park of the Dunas de Liencres and Costa Quebrada, between the municipalities of Piélagos and Santa Cruz de Bezana, in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.

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   Castle of Pedraja

   43°27′17″N 3°55′46″W The Castle of Pedraja, the Castle of Liencres or Castle of Hercules was a castle-type fortification located on La Picota mountain (also called, at the time, Castle Mountain), overlooking the town of Liencres (Cantabria).

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