The Cueva de Nerja is a cave located in Maro, a district of the Spanish municipality of Nerja (Malaga) and discovered on 12 January 1959. It is of historical and natural interest for its archaeological remains, which include some cave paintings, and for the speleothem formations: stalactites and stalagmites that cover the ceilings and walls. It has been a Site of Cultural Interest since 2006.1 Furthermore, the Nerja Cave is proposed as a "Site of Spanish Geological Interest of International Importance" (Global Geosite) by the Spanish Geological and Mining Institute for its palaeontological and geomorphological interest, with the designation "VP10-SK01: Cueva de Nerja", within the geological context of "Spanish Pliocene-Pleistocene vertebrate deposits".