🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi
Levantine rock art shelter in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (serial property, component location)
- Late prehistoric Levantine rock paintings by hunter-gatherer societies
- Located in limestone landscape of Mediterranean coastal Spain
- Part of serial designation covering hundreds of shelters across eastern and southeastern Spain
Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi is a rock art shelter on the Mediterranean side of the Iberian Peninsula and one of multiple component locations within the serial UNESCO World Heritage Site designation "Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula." The site contains Levantine rock paintings from the late prehistoric period, created by hunter-gatherer societies. The shelter sits within a limestone landscape shaped by natural erosion, a geology that provided ideal conditions ...