Roca dels Moros

The Roca dels Moros or Caves of El Cogul is a rock shelter containing paintings of prehistoric Levantine rock art and Iberian schematic art [1]. The site is in El Cogul, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain [1]. Since 1998 the paintings have been protected as part of the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site [1]. Inscriptions in Northeastern Iberian script and in Latin alphabet indicate that the place was used as a sanctuary into Iberian and Roman times [1]. The paintings were discovered in 1908 by the el Cogul village rector, Ramon Huguet, and a report was published in the same year [1]. At Roca dels Moros there are forty-five figures depicted, of which thirty-eight are painted bright red, black and dark red, seven are engraved in stone [1]. Conservation work has been carried out on the paintings under the auspices of the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya [1]. Near the paintings is a cemetery with tombs carved into the rock called Saladar tombs [1].