🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Cova dels Cavalls — UNESCO World Heritage rock shelter with Upper Paleolithic to Bronze Age paintings
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (part of collective designation for Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula)
- Location: Limestone region, Spain (40.39925°N, 0.068333°E)
- Artwork spans Upper Paleolithic to Bronze Age periods
- Part of a network exceeding 700 rock art sites across eastern Spain
Cova dels Cavalls is a rock shelter in eastern Spain containing prehistoric rock paintings and engravings that form part of the larger UNESCO World Heritage designation for the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The site preserves artistic and archaeological evidence spanning from the Upper Paleolithic through the Bronze Age, offering documentation of early human symbolic expression, hunting practices, and ritual life. The cave's layered deposits and well-preserved ...