🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Abric de la Baridana I — UNESCO World Heritage component site
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site component (part of a 700+ site ensemble)
- Location: Eastern Spain, Mediterranean limestone terrain
- Artistic period: Approximately 7,000–10,000 years old (Late Upper Paleolithic to Neolithic)
- Primary medium: Iron-oxide mineral pigments on rock shelter wall
Abric de la Baridana I is a rock shelter in eastern Spain that preserves prehistoric pictorial traditions within the UNESCO World Heritage property "Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula." The site contains painted panels featuring dynamic human figures, hunting scenes, and representations of fauna rendered in red to reddish-brown pigments. It forms part of a broader ensemble of over 700 rock shelters across the region that document early human societies during the ...