The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport hosts the exhibition “Rock art that can be visited in Castilla-La Mancha” until 28 October, in which ten of the most representative sites that can be visited are disclosed.
The exhibition was organized to commemorate the European Day of Rock Art, an event that is celebrated every 9 October to honor the anniversary of the recognition by the international scientific community of the authenticity of the Altamira cave art.
This was stated at the inauguration by the Deputy Minister of Culture and Sport, Ana Muñoz, who commented that in Castilla-La Mancha there are more than 400 documented places with rock art stations, which demonstrates the importance of these expressions for shaping the regional culture heritage.
The exhibition ‘Rock art visible in Castilla-La Mancha’ is composed of a total of eleven panels, which illustrate the ten most representative sites that can be visited of this art in the Autonomous Community and the styles present in the region are collected, as art Paleolithic, Levantine, schematic, as well as engravings belonging to this historical period.
Among the sites on display are the ‘Cueva de la Vieja’ in Alpera (Albacete), of the Levantine and schematic type; the ‘Cueva del Niño’ in Ayna (Albacete), of Levantine and Paleolithic type; the Abrigo Grande di Minateda (Albacete), of Levantine and schematic type; the ‘Solana de las Covachas’ in Nerpio (Albacete), of the Levantine type; and ‘La Batanera’ of Fuencaliente (Ciudad Real), of a schematic type.
There are also ‘Peña Escrito’ from Fuencaliente (Ciudad Real), of a schematic type; the Abrigo de Selva Pascuala in Villar del Humo (Cuenca), of the Levantine and schematic type; the ‘Coats of Peña del Escrito’ of Villar del Humo (Cuenca), of Levantine and schematic type; the ‘Cueva de Los Casares’ in Ribas de Saelices (Guadalajara), of Paleolithic chronology; and the ‘rupestrian station of the Casa del Oro’ in Quero (Toledo), dating back to historical times.
