🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranc del Salt – Abric I, a Levantine rock shelter in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1998
- Located in Alicante Province, Valencian Community, eastern Spain
- Rock-shelter with Levantine-style paintings dating to 8000–3500 BCE
- Part of a serial property comprising over 700 prehistoric rock art sites across eastern Spain
Barranc del Salt – Abric I is a limestone rock shelter located near Alcoi (Alcoy) in the Province of Alicante, Spain. The site is part of the UNESCO World Heritage property Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, which encompasses the largest concentration of post-Paleolithic rock art in Europe. The shelter contains painted panels executed in the Levantine rock art tradition, a style characterized by fine-line execution, naturalistic human and animal figures, and dynamic ...