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Prehistory and Archaeology Museum of Cantabria

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Roman sculpture in the Cantabrian Prehistory and Archaeology Museum. Santander © Turespaña

Flavióbriga.

Most of the 1,200 objects on display in this museum date from the period between the Upper Palaeolithic and the Iron Age.

There are also items from the Roman era, mostly from Julióbriga and Castro Urdiales, the ancient Flavióbriga. Of note in the medieval collection is the ivory belt buckle from the Santa María de Hito archaeological site.