🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Prehistoric Levantine-style rock art in southeastern Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- Serial UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising over 700 rock art sites across eastern and southeastern Spain
- Levantine-style paintings created between 8,000 BCE and 3,000 BCE, primarily in post-Paleolithic period
- Located in rocky Mediterranean landscape with natural rock shelters and limestone formations
- Represents the largest concentration of prehistoric rock art in Europe
Queso is one of the protected components within the serial property known as Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This vast collection of prehistoric rock art sites extends across eastern and southeastern Spain, with Queso contributing examples of Levantine-style rock art characterized by dynamic human and animal figures painted on sheltered rock surfaces. The site forms part of the largest concentration of prehistoric rock art in Europe ...