Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
Spain
Date of Inscription: 1998
Criteria: (iii) Autonomous Communities of Andalusia, Aragón, Castille-La Mancha, Catalonia, Murcia and Valencia N39 47 24 W1 02 00 Ref: 874 |
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Brief Description
The late prehistoric rock-art sites of the Mediterranean seaboard of the Iberian peninsula form an exceptionally large group. Here the way of life during a critical phase of human development is vividly and graphically depicted in paintings whose style and subject matter are unique.
Pietat d'Ulldecona, detail of Abric number 1
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Justification for Inscription
Criterion iii: The corpus of late prehistoric mural paintings in the Mediterranean basin of eastern Spain is the largest group of rock-art sites anywhere in Europe, and provides an exceptional picture of human life in a seminal period of human cultural evolution.
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