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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Bco. de la Plana I

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🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Bco. de la Plana I
Levantine rock art shelter in eastern Spain


🕐 1 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 09:51

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of Mediterranean Basin rock art ensemble
  • Located in a ravine (barranco) setting in eastern Spain
  • Features Levantine-style painted anthropomorphic and animal figures in red ochre
  • Dates to Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic periods

Bco. de la Plana I is a Levantine rock art shelter situated within a rugged ravine landscape in eastern Spain. The site preserves painted compositions that reflect the mobility, subsistence strategies, and symbolic systems of prehistoric Iberian communities. As part of the broader Mediterranean Basin rock art tradition, the shelter demonstrates the enduring relationship between landscape and artistic expression ...

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