🪨 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
Palaeolithic open-air rock engravings in Spain and Portugal, dated to approximately 22,000–10,000 years ago.
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Côa Valley (Portugal) and Siega Verde (Spain)
- Period: Upper Palaeolithic, approximately 22,000–10,000 years ago
- Primary subjects: Horses, ibex, hinds, and geometric motifs
- UNESCO inscription: 1998
Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde is an archaeological complex of open-air rock engravings in northeastern Portugal and Castile and León, Spain, that preserves some of Europe's oldest known figurative art. The sites were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998, recognizing their exceptional documentation of Upper Palaeolithic artistic expression spanning approximately 22,000 to 10,000 years ago. As of 2026, both the Côa Valley Archaeological Park in Portugal ...