🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Roca Roja
UNESCO World Heritage component site with Levantine prehistoric rock art
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (part of larger Mediterranean Basin ensemble)
- Located in eastern Spain at coordinates 41.464722°N, 1.486944°E
- Preserves Levantine rock art tradition from post-Palaeolithic period (Neolithic to Bronze Age)
- Paintings executed primarily in red mineral pigments
Roca Roja is one component site within the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising over 700 archaeological locations across eastern Spain. The site contains painted rock art executed in red pigments, representing the artistic traditions of early human communities during the late prehistoric period. The paintings are located within natural rock shelters and overhangs, situated in a Mediterranean landscape of cliffs and valleys ...