🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Cueva de la Hiedra
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising over 700 rock art sites across eastern Spain
- Dating to the Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods (50,000 BCE–3,000 BCE)
- Largest concentration of prehistoric rock art in Europe
- Located in natural cave and rock shelter environments on the Iberian Peninsula
Cueva de la Hiedra is a significant prehistoric site on the Iberian Peninsula, part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin UNESCO World Heritage designation. The cave contains examples of rock art created thousands of years ago, depicting animals, human figures, and symbolic patterns rendered in natural pigments. The site provides evidence of early human artistic expression, symbolic thought, and the daily practices of communities inhabiting the region during the Upper Paleolithic and ...