🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Abric de les Dogues
Prehistoric rock shelter with Upper Paleolithic to Bronze Age engravings and paintings
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1998
- Located in Valencian Community, eastern Spain (40.38786°N, 0.11594°W)
- Rock art spans Upper Paleolithic through Bronze Age periods
- Part of a complex of over 700 prehistoric rock art sites across eastern Spain
Abric de les Dogues is a rock shelter site in the Valencian Community that preserves prehistoric rock art spanning thousands of years of human occupation. The site contains paintings and engravings created using natural pigments and stone tools, reflecting the artistic and cultural practices of early Mediterranean societies. It forms part of the larger UNESCO World Heritage designation for Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin, representing one of Europe's most significant concentrations of ...