Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
Unesco World Heritage

Facts and Data

Webpages:
Official Unesco Page
Coa Valley Archaeological Park on the Internet (Instituto Portugues de Arqueologia)
View photos from OUR PLACE the World Heritage collection
Instituto Portugues de Arqueologia (portuguese only)
Coa Valley (Direcção Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais)(portuguese only)
Complexo de arte rupestre paleolítica do vale do Côa (portuguese only)

Basis Data:
Unesco World heritage since: 1998
Size of heritage:

Coordinates:
Longitude: -5,339°
Latitude: 40,698°

About

The two Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley (Portugal) and Siega Verde (Spain) are located on the banks of the rivers Agueda and Côa, tributaries of the river Douro, documenting continuous human occupation from the end of the Paleolithic Age. Hundreds of panels with thousands of animal figures (5,000 in Foz Côa and around 440 in Siega Verde) were carved over several millennia, representing the most remarkable open-air ensemble of Paleolithic art on the Iberian Peninsula.

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