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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula – Port de Confrides Abric II

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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula – Port de Confrides Abric II
Levantine rock art shelter in eastern Spain, part of a UNESCO World Heritage serial property


🕐 3 min read · Updated 17 Mar 2026 at 07:05
📌 Fast Facts
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site (serial property, inscription 874)
  • Located in Port de Confrides mountain pass, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain (38.696°N, 0.301°W)
  • Dated to Epipaleolithic and early Neolithic periods (approximately 8000–4000 BCE)
  • Shallow limestone rock shelter with Levantine-style figurative paintings of hunting scenes, animals, and human figures

Port de Confrides Abric II is a prehistoric rock shelter in eastern Spain containing Levantine rock art that ...

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