🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranc d'Alpadull – Abric III, Valencia, Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage serial property comprising over 700 rock art sites across Spain
- Levantine-style paintings dating from 8000 to 3500 BCE
- Located in a limestone ravine shelter in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain
- Depicts hunting scenes, human figures, animals, and symbolic representations in red and brown pigments
Barranc d'Alpadull – Abric III is a prehistoric rock shelter in eastern Spain and one component of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The shelter is situated within a rugged ravine in the Valencian Community, its limestone cliffs providing natural surfaces for ancient artists. The site contains well-preserved Levantine-style rock paintings executed with mineral pigments, offering critical evidence of early Holocene cultural and ...