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    DatesFacts
    April 23, 1853
    Discovery of the Cave of the Major Fountain
    August 25, 1956First speleological exploration of the Cueva de la Font Major
    January 17, 1957Extraction of sediments from the Cueva de la Font Major and opening of the current entrance
    April 1957Transfer of the 1st Siphon by Diego Ciuraneta and Franch
    1957Bronze finds in the Cueva de la Font Major
    1961 – 1962“Archaeological study of the site by Salvador Vilaseca
    1967The first 200 m. Nativity scene for 10 years
    End of 1985The cave already has a total of 2,700 m. of galleries
    September – October 1986Construction taken from the 1st siphon to extract water for the town
    September 19903,590 m of galleries discovered in the Cueva de la Font Major
    1993Found a set of faunal remains inside the Cueva de la Font Major
    January 29, 1994Inauguration of the Cueva de la Font Major as a museum. Work and initiatives of the Center for Local Studies
    Summer 1994adventure route Speleology route
    October 10, 1994Water of St. Tomás The Cueva de la Font Major flooded
    School year 1996/97Inauguration of Cova Castell as a Prehistory classroom-workshop for kindergarten and primary schools
    Course 1998/99Inauguration of excavation workshops for secondary schools
    July 1, 2000Inauguration Cova de la Vila as a museum
    February 2003Placement of the Monolith of the Cave
    Summer 2005Incorporation audio guide service in different languages
    January 2010Inauguration of the new reception of Las Cuevas
    June 2012Inauguration of the new museography of the Cuevas de l’Espluga and the set of Neolithic cabins. Connection of the two cavities
    May 2013Visitor 1,000,000. Escuela Joan Marquès Casals de Terrassa
    2018The site is included in the IPHES research project “Paleoenvironmental evolution and prehistoric settlement in the Francolí, Gaià, Siurana and Camp de Tarragona river basins (2018 – 2021)
    October 30, 2019Discovery of Paleolithic engravings in the Palletes galleries in the Font Major Cave
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