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Cave of Vallmajor

Albinyana, Baix Penedès, Tarragona

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Cave of Vallmajor

Nature · Albinyana, Baix Penedès, Tarragona

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Cave with cave art representations located in the municipality of Albinyana, in the Baix Penedès, 150 m above the torrent de Vallmajor, next to the spring of the same name, protected as a World Heritage Site as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula. Beyond an entrance portico about 3 m high, galleries develop that descend to a chamber measuring 9 by 2.5 m, where a set of 17 schematic figures of quadrupeds, arches, a cross inscribed in a circle and strokes is preserved, partly covered by Bronze Age deposits. The paintings were discovered in 1961 and the cave is currently kept closed for its protection, although it has suffered graffiti.

Photo: Jmeganaut (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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