🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranc de la Magrana, a UNESCO World Heritage component site in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- Part of a serial UNESCO World Heritage property comprising over 700 prehistoric rock shelters across eastern Spain
- Rock art created between 8000 and 3500 BCE during the Late Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic periods
- Located in the Valencian Community in narrow limestone valleys with natural rock shelters
- Depicts hunting scenes, human figures, animals, and symbolic motifs in red and dark mineral pigments
Barranc de la Magrana is one component site within the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a vast UNESCO World Heritage property containing prehistoric Levantine rock art. Situated in eastern Spain's Valencian Community, the site preserves paintings created by prehistoric communities during the Late Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. The rock art provides rare visual documentation of early human expression and cultural practices on the Iberian Peninsula ...