🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Racó de Sorellets – Abric II, a Levantine rock shelter in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- Component 874-232 of the serial UNESCO World Heritage property Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
- Located in the Valencian Community, eastern Spain, in a limestone ravine landscape
- Shallow rock shelter with Levantine rock art dated to approximately 8000–3500 BCE
- Paintings executed in red and reddish-brown mineral pigments derived from iron oxides
Racó de Sorellets – Abric II is a prehistoric rock shelter in eastern Spain that preserves Levantine rock art, one of the most distinctive artistic traditions of European prehistory. The site is part of the serial UNESCO World Heritage property Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, which encompasses more than 700 sites across the region. Located within a ravine environment characterized by cliffs and natural shelters in the Valencian Community, the site exemplifies the ...