🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Barranco de la Cueva II
Prehistoric rock art shelter in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site serial listing 874, element 874-118, inscribed in 1998
- Located in eastern Spain within limestone ravines of the Mediterranean Basin
- Part of Europe's largest concentration of prehistoric rock art spanning six regions
- Contains figurative Mesolithic paintings within natural rock shelters
Barranco de la Cueva II is one component of a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning eastern Spain. The site consists of prehistoric rock art shelters located in limestone terrain across multiple regions including Aragón, Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia, Castilla-La Mancha, and Andalusia. The broader designation encompasses the largest documented cluster of Mediterranean Basin rock art in Europe, representing millennia of human artistic expression in the region ...