🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
La Sarga – Abric I, a UNESCO serial heritage site in eastern Spain
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 1998, component 874-255 of serial property)
- Located in Alicante province, Valencian Community, Spain; coordinates 38.637278, -0.455139
- Rock shelter with Levantine and schematic style paintings in red and dark reddish-brown pigments
- Spans Epipaleolithic/early Mesolithic (circa 8000–5000 BCE) through Neolithic periods
La Sarga – Abric I is a natural limestone rock shelter near Alcoy in eastern Spain that preserves painted rock art spanning multiple prehistoric periods. The site is one of over 700 components within the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage property recognized for its exceptional testimony to prehistoric cultural traditions. The shelter's elevated position in a rugged Mediterranean landscape and its stratified artistic sequence make it a ...