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Rock Art of the Sierra de Albarracín

Albarracín, Sierra de Albarracín, Teruel

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Rock Art of the Sierra de Albarracín

Curiosity · Albarracín, Sierra de Albarracín, Teruel

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A group of rock shelters and caves with schematic Levantine rock art, from the Epipalaeolithic to the Bronze Age, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998 within the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. Among the best-known sites is the Cueva de Doña Clotilde, in the protected area of the Pinares de Rodeno, within the municipal boundary of Albarracín, about 7 kilometres from the town on the road towards Bezas. Made known in 1949 by the archaeologist Martín Almagro Basch, it preserves around 40 figures in different shades of red, including 15 undetermined quadrupeds, along with anthropomorphic figures in Levantine and schematic style, and serpentine, tree-like and geometric anchor-shaped forms. It has also been a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) since 2002.

Photo: Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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