The twenty-first century, a Roman emperor and a gladiator walk the streets of Tarragona. A visit to the architectural spaces of ancient Tarraco marks the start of a journey that will take us to the banks of the Ebre, the great river of the peninsula as we follow its course to the delta, one of the most bio-diverse sites in the country. We will pedal along a rail road converted to a green route and follow in the footsteps of Picasso and Gaudí. The legends of Montsant and the excellent wines of Priorat will be the opening acts for the monastic silence of the Cistercian Route and Lleida, the capital of Terra Ferma.
Rock art
The people of the Palaeolithic and Neolithic eras left us with an important artistic legacy: rock paintings in caves, shelters and exposed rocks. The rock art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. In the Prades mountains there are more than forty rock art sites, one third of the total in Catalonia, almost twenty of which are in the Capçanes municipality, and important paintings are also found in Ulldecona and El Cògul. These are examples of Levantine art, made by to hunter-gatherers, and schematic art, in this case by farmers and breeders of livestock. 2019 marks two hundred years since the discovery of the first cave with rock art in Catalonia, the Portell de les Lletres, in the Prades Mountains. In Montblanc we can visit the CIAR (Centre d’Interpretación de l’Art Rupestre), an important centre for education about and conservation of the paintings found in the Prades Mountains.
Rock art
The people of the Palaeolithic and Neolithic eras left us with an important artistic legacy: rock paintings in caves, shelters and exposed rocks. The rock art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. In the Prades mountains there are more than forty rock art sites, one third of the total in Catalonia, almost twenty of which are in the Capçanes municipality, and important paintings are also found in Ulldecona and El Cògul. These are examples of Levantine art, made by to hunter-gatherers, and schematic art, in this case by farmers and breeders of livestock. 2019 marks two hundred years since the discovery of the first cave with rock art in Catalonia, the Portell de les Lletres, in the Prades Mountains. In Montblanc we can visit the CIAR (Centre d’Interpretación de l’Art Rupestre), an important centre for education about and conservation of the paintings found in the Prades Mountains.
The people of the Palaeolithic and Neolithic eras left us with an important artistic legacy: rock paintings in caves, shelters...