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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Barranco de la Cueva II

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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Barranco de la Cueva II
Prehistoric rock art shelter in eastern Spain


🕐 2 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 00:25

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 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 ...

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