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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Barranco de la Cueva I

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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Barranco de la Cueva I
UNESCO World Heritage component in eastern Spain


🕐 1 min read · Updated 1 Apr 2026 at 10:40

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  • UNESCO World Heritage Site component 874-117
  • Located in eastern Spain within a Mediterranean landscape
  • Rock-shelter site with Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic art
  • Part of the largest prehistoric rock art concentration in Europe

Barranco de la Cueva I is one of numerous designated components of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. This serial property encompasses rock-shelter locations across eastern and southeastern Spain, preserving the largest concentration of prehistoric rock art in Europe. The site documents human activity, symbolic expression, and landscape interaction spanning the Late Epipalaeolithic through the Neolithic periods ...

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