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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula

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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Coves Roges - Abric I, Castellón, Spain


🕐 2 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 20:56

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

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  • 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 ...

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