🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Racó del Pou component site, Spain
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site component 874-178 within a serial property of over 700 rock art sites across eastern and southern Spain
- Rock shelter art dating from Upper Paleolithic through Bronze Age, with most works created between 8,000 BCE and 3,000 BCE
- Features schematic and Levantine-style depictions including human figures, animals, hunting scenes, and symbolic motifs
- Located within Mediterranean Basin limestone formations that provided natural shelters and preservation conditions
Racó del Pou is a designated component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. This rock shelter site contributes to one of Europe's most extensive concentrations of prehistoric rock art, comprising part of a serial property that includes hundreds of painted locations across eastern and southern Spain. The preserved prehistoric imagery reflects human activity, symbolic expression, and ritual practices spanning the late prehistoric ...