🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranc de Benialí – Abric II, a component of Europe's largest prehistoric rock art ensemble
📋 Fast Facts
- Component 874-164 of a serial UNESCO World Heritage property comprising more than 700 rock-art sites across eastern and southern Spain
- Located in the municipality of La Vall de Gallinera, province of Alicante, Valencia autonomous community
- Contains Levantine rock art dated between approximately 7000 BCE and 1000 BCE
- Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998 for its artistic, historical, and ethnographic significance
Barranc de Benialí – Abric II is a prehistoric rock shelter in the Vall de Gallinera valley of eastern Spain. It forms part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, an exceptional serial UNESCO World Heritage property that encompasses more than 700 individual rock-art sites distributed across multiple regions. This concentration represents one of the largest assemblages of prehistoric rock art in Europe and provides critical evidence of human symbolic expression ...