December 2, 1981 (yau in the winter in early VII), the world's oldest temple found.

1981 12, 2, 2009, the United States and Spain archaeologists recently found in a cave near the Spanish northern port city of Santander, the world's oldest temple. According to research, this well-preserved temple built in the Stone Age early, has a 14000 years ago.
temple in the cave openings, covers an area of ​​about 11 square meters, the center of a 1.8 m long, 1.2 m wide and 15 cm thick, weighs nearly 1 ton the ritual plate and an unusual stone head. The stone head of 35 cm high, 33 cm wide, 45 cm thick, on a small mound on the avatar facing the entrance to the cave. The carvers use of natural stone vertical crack the stone image is divided into two parts, half bearded face, the other half of the face of the animal. The mouth of the avatar the lower transverse crack formation in humans and animals. The stone head is a unique discovery of this century, it has a special significance in the archaeological and attracted the attention of scholars.
University of Chicago anthropologist, Freeman said, they found that this temple is a place used to hold some kind of collective worship activities. The cave paintings, funeral sacrifices and animal remains that religious beliefs can be traced back to 50,000 years ago.