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🧭 Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume

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🧭 Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume
Levantine rock art shelter in the Castellón province, part of a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble


🕐 2 min read · Updated 17 Mar 2026 at 06:00
📌 Fast Facts
  • Located in Castellón province, eastern Spain (coordinates 41.408222°N, 0.343722°E)
  • Part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising over 700 sites
  • Contains Levantine figurative rock art dated approximately 8000–3000 BCE
  • Depicts hunting scenes, human figures in motion, and fauna using fine-line mineral pigment techniques

Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume is a rock shelter in eastern Spain containing prehistoric paintings attributed to ...

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