🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Barranc de l'Infern Conjunto 2, Abrigo II – a UNESCO World Heritage rock shelter in Alicante, Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO identifier: 874-187 (serial inscription)
- Location: Marina Alta region, Alicante province, Valencian Community, Spain
- Dating: Late Prehistoric period, approximately 8000 BCE to 1000 BCE
- Rock art tradition: Levantine style with red or dark pigment motifs
Barranc de l'Infern Conjunto 2, Abrigo II is a shallow limestone rock shelter located within a steep ravine in eastern Spain's Marina Alta region. The site forms one component of the vast UNESCO World Heritage property encompassing more than 700 individual shelters and panels across the Iberian Peninsula. Its remote setting in the Vall de Laguar has helped preserve prehistoric painted motifs of exceptional archaeological significance for millennia ...