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Widely accepted world heritage places tagged “unesco”

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🇪🇸 Spain · Rock art

La Pasiega Cave

Middle Paleolithic to Magdalenian ~64–11 ka BP · Neanderthal and later Solutrean/Magdalenian

Monte Castillo cave with 64 ka Neanderthal ladder motif and 700 parietal figures.

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🇩🇰 Denmark · Hillfort

Aggersborg Viking Ringfort

Viking Age (c.980 CE) · Danish Viking Age

Largest Viking ring fortress (240 m outer diameter, 287 m with moat) on the Limfjord at Aggersborg, enclosing 48 longhouses (32 inside, 16 bailey) — garrison for ~1100 men.