🎨 Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Roca dels moros
Levantine Figures on a Sacred Cliff Face
📋 Fast Facts
- Located near El Cogul in Catalonia, eastern Spain
- Levantine rock-art shelter dating to approximately 8,000–3,500 years ago
- Contains layered paintings of human figures, animals, and ritual scenes
- Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site designation recognizing Mediterranean Basin rock art
Roca dels Moros stands as one of the most significant Levantine rock-art sites on the Iberian Peninsula. Sheltered beneath a shallow limestone overhang, its painted panels preserve evidence of human activity spanning thousands of years, with successive generations adding figures to the same rock surface. The site combines dynamic depictions of hunting, ritual gatherings, and daily life with representations of fauna, offering rare insight into prehistoric Mediterranean societies ...