In our country more than a dozen engravings and Great value paintingsalthough almost all the attention is the cave of Altamira (Cantabria), considered one of the apogee samples of Paleolithic rock art that developed throughout Europe. But there are many more enclaves where to admire these primitive artistic compositions. Many of them are in the peninsular, but others are in the Mediterranean area And not many are not underground, but can be admired in broad daylight.
That is the case of cave paintings of Morella la Vellawhich are part of the rock art of the Mediterranean arch, an enviable extension formed by several Valencian municipalities that house traces and drawings of this era. This wealth has not gone unnoticed for UNESCO, which declared the area as a World Heritage in 1998.
Cave paintings in several galleries
These cave paintings receive this name due to their location, because they are located in the Morella La Vella farm, the cradle of the first settlers of these lands and about six kilometers of the urban area of the Castellón municipality of Morella, of almost 25,000 inhabitants.
They were discovered in 1917 And they were located at several points, according to the Diputación de Castellón: Alta de la Masía, Roure Gallery, Covacha del Barranquet and La Viña, Coveta de la Cornisa and Gallery of the Party.
Its disposition is particular and the difference of other cave paintings. Are They are found in coats Located looking south, at the bottom of a tooth, which also retains important archaeological remains. The amplitude of the space led to the construction of some facade to close it as if it were a house, which the Generalitat plans to rehabilitate in the coming months.
Visitors who attend guided tours may verify that The red color floods everythingproduct of the mixture of red blood cells with animal fat. These are realistic paintings, where mostly hunting and warrior activity scenes are represented between different tribes, the arches and arrows being represented.
Above all these war sequenceshighlights a located in the Roure Gallery, for the fight, the arrows stuck in the warriors and the movement, which make the composition an example of the cave paintings of the Levantine rock art.
Morella La Vella Masía
It is expected that the Valencian Generalitat soon be shook the Rehabilitation and conditioning works of the Morella La Vella Masía, which hosts the Center for Rock Art Information. The works will be carried out in the set formed by a fortified medieval farmhouse of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; The farmhouse of the 18th and 19th century and a third farm-livestock of the twentieth century with its annexes.
According to the regional executive, the performance will involve an impulse to an area where there are a large number of coats of rock art, thus becoming a revulsive of great importance for a area affected by depopulation.
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