UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | El Cogul, Garrigues, Province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain |
Part of | Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula |
Criteria | Cultural: (iii) |
Reference | 874-021 |
Inscription | 1998 (22nd Session) |
Coordinates | 41°28′0.6″N 0°41′51.5″E / 41.466833°N 0.697639°E |
The Roca dels Moros or Caves of El Cogul is a rock shelter containing paintings of prehistoric Levantine rock art and Iberian schematic art. The site is in El Cogul, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. Since 1998 the paintings have been protected as part of the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Inscriptions in Northeastern Iberian script and in Latin alphabet indicate that the place was used as a sanctuary into Iberian and Roman times.[1]