Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde

Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
Marco Albuquerque from Macau, China · Public domain

Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde is a UNESCO transboundary World Heritage Site spanning the Côa Valley in Portugal and Siega Verde in Spain. The site contains one of the world's largest open-air collections of Paleolithic rock art, with the earliest drawings dating to approximately 22,000–20,000 years ago during the Upper Paleolithic period[1][2]. The rock art depicts primarily animal figures and abstract motifs carved into granite and schist outcrops along river valleys[1].

TypeRock art
Period< 4500 BC
CountrySpain
Coordinates41.0336° N, 7.1166° W

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