🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Coves Roges - Abric I, Castellón, Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998
- Located in Castellón, northeastern Spain, overlooking the Mediterranean
- Dates from late Neolithic to Bronze Age (approximately 3000–1000 BCE)
- Paintings executed in red ochre on limestone rock shelters
Coves Roges - Abric I is a prehistoric rock shelter within the broader Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage collective listing. Located in the province of Castellón in eastern Spain, this site showcases open-air rock panels with schematic and figurative paintings that document the symbolic and ritual practices of ancient Mediterranean communities ...