🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Cingle de l'Ermità - Abric IV
Neolithic rock shelter with preserved painted panels in eastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- Location: Valencian Community, Province of Castellón, eastern Spain
- Cultural landscape: Valltorta–Gassulla ravine system with limestone cliffs
- Site type: Natural rock shelter with painted panels on limestone wall
- Significance: Part of Mediterranean Basin rock art UNESCO World Heritage designation
Cingle de l'Ermità – Abric IV is a rock shelter in eastern Spain's Valencian Community, situated within the Valltorta–Gassulla cultural landscape. The site occupies a naturally formed shelter in a vertical limestone escarpment, positioned above a seasonal watercourse. It represents part of the broader Mediterranean Basin rock art tradition documented across the Iberian Peninsula, recognized for its archaeological and artistic significance ...