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Roca dels Moros of el Cogul

el Cogul, Garrigues, Lleida

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Roca dels Moros of el Cogul

Curiosity · el Cogul, Garrigues, Lleida

The Roca dels Moros is a rock shelter formed by a stone block that broke away on the right bank of the river Set, in the municipal district of El Cogul (Garrigues), declared an asset of national cultural interest. It contains one of the most outstanding examples of Levantine rock art in Catalonia: paintings by Epipalaeolithic hunters with hunting and dancing scenes -among them the emblematic 'phallic dance'- together with abstract manifestations of schematic art, around 6,000 years old, as well as Iberian and Roman inscriptions, since the place continued to be used as a sanctuary in those periods. Discovered in 1908, the group comprises 42 painted figures and 260 engraved elements, and forms part of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998.

Photo: Juli Soler i Santaló (Public domain)

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