Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley

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UNESCO World Heritage Site prehistoric rock art site

Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site in northeastern Portugal renowned for its extensive open-air Paleolithic engravings depicting animals and symbolic figures.

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Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde 2
Côa Valley Prehistoric Rock Art Sites 1
Côa Valley rock art sites 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
prehistoric rock art site ⓘ
access guided visits only in main engraved areas ⓘ
artForm petroglyphs ⓘ
rock engravings ⓘ
associatedWith Côa Valley Archaeological Park creation in 1996 ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Côa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Douro River NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservationApproach in situ preservation ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
depicts anthropomorphic figures ⓘ
aurochs ⓘ
deer ⓘ
fish ⓘ
geometric motifs ⓘ
goats ⓘ
horses ⓘ
ibex ⓘ
earliestArtDate c. 22,000 BCE ⓘ
environment open-air ⓘ
hasComponent Côa Valley Archaeological Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siega Verde Archaeological Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum Côa Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscribedOn UNESCO World Heritage List NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscriptionReason exceptional concentration of open-air Paleolithic engravings ⓘ
outstanding testimony to Upper Paleolithic symbolic expression ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName Portuguese ⓘ
latestPrehistoricArtDate c. 10,000 BCE ⓘ
linkedHeritageProperty Archaeological Area of Siega Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Côa Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Douro River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
northeastern Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
managementBody Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa NERFINISHED ⓘ
material schist outcrops ⓘ
officialNameInPortuguese Sítios de Arte Rupestre Pré-histórica do Vale do Côa NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Upper Paleolithic ⓘ
protectionStatus national monument of Portugal ⓘ
significance one of the largest open-air Paleolithic rock art ensembles in Europe ⓘ
threatenedBy Alto Côa dam project (cancelled) NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismType archaeological tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
transboundaryWith Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1998 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Centro Region of Portugal → containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
Norte Region → containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley ⓘ
northern Portugal → hasCulturalHeritageSite → Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Portugal
this entity surface form: Côa Valley Prehistoric Rock Art Sites
Côa River → heritageDesignation → Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde
Côa River → knownFor → Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Côa Valley rock art sites