🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Abric de les Llibreres — UNESCO World Heritage rock shelter in eastern Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (part of serial listing encompassing over 700 sites)
- Location: Eastern Spain, coordinates 40.663472, 0.495139
- Paintings date to Late Upper Paleolithic through early Holocene (approximately 8000–3000 BCE)
- Levantine rock art style: dynamic human figures, hunting scenes, and fauna rendered with fine outlines and active poses
Abric de les Llibreres is a rock shelter in eastern Spain forming part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage serial property. The site contains prehistoric Levantine rock art created by Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic communities. It contributes to one of Europe's largest concentrations of prehistoric painted sites, with the broader designation protecting more than 700 shelters and caves across the region ...