🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Racó de Gorgorí – Abric II, a Levantine rock shelter in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- Part of a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1998, encompassing over 700 rock shelters and caves across eastern Spain
- Shallow limestone rock shelter containing Levantine rock art, dated approximately 8000–4000 BCE
- Paintings executed in reddish and dark brown mineral pigments, depicting human figures and animals with dynamic movement and narrative composition
- Protected under Spanish heritage legislation; access restricted to prevent damage to fragile pigments
Racó de Gorgorí – Abric II is a documented rock shelter in eastern Spain that forms part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized for its exceptional concentration of prehistoric Levantine rock art. The site lies within a rugged limestone landscape of ravines and natural rock formations in the Mediterranean drainage zone. The shelter itself is shallow, formed in limestone, with a relatively smooth and lightly concave ...