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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: L'Arc

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🧭 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: L'Arc
Prehistoric Levantine rock art across eastern and southeastern Spain


🕐 2 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 10:20

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • Six autonomous communities: Catalonia, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Castile-La Mancha, and Andalusia
  • Hundreds of open-air rock shelters and rock faces with paintings
  • Dating: later Mesolithic through Bronze Age
  • Dominant style: Levantine—polychrome and monochrome figures of humans and animals

This UNESCO World Heritage Site encompasses one of Europe's most extensive concentrations of prehistoric rock art, distributed across ...

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