<< Other Photo Pages >> Los Escolares - Cave or Rock Shelter in Spain in AndalucÃa
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Los EscolaresCountry: Spain
NOTE: This site is 14.804 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: AndalucÃa Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: La Carolina Nearest Village: Santa Elena
Latitude: 38.342000N Longitude: 3.54W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cave or Rock Shelter in Jaén province, AndalucÃa. The paintings in Los Escolares Cave are estimated at 5000 years old. The cave was discovered 41 years ago. The cave is a small hole in the rock, about 1.5 meters wide and 1.5 meters deep. In the spring of 2014, the paintings were discovered in a badly damaged state, likely from an attempted theft.
It is a part of a huge caves ensemble of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The series of late prehistoric paintings in these caves provide an exceptional picture of human life in a seminal period of human cultural evolution, according to UNESCO. The images, depicting hunting activities, combats and executions, were mostly painted in red, black and white in the caves.
Jaen province has at least 42 UNESCO World Heritage sites and along with Cordoba, Almeria, Granada, Malaga and Cadiz, is considered one of the most important areas of prehistoric archaeology.
Note: Thieves destroy ancient rock painting in Spain. See comment.
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