Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa

Vila Nova de Foz Côa is a town of 7,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of , northern . It principal draw for visitors are the sites of prehistoric rock art scattered through the nearby Côa Valley, and the museum in town that serves as a portal for understanding them.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: paleolithic archaeological site in Portugal
  • Also known as: “Arte rupestre do vale do rio côa”, “Côa harana”, “Coa Valley”, “Coadalen”, “Côadalen”, “Côako bailara”, “Côako Harana”, “Conjunto dos sítios arqueológicos do Vale do Rio Côa”, “Conjunto dos sítios arqueológicos no Vale do Côa”, “Conjunto dos sítios arqueológicos no Vale do Rio Côa”, “Dolina Côa”, “Foz Côa gunea”, “Foz Côa i Siega Verde”, “Gravuras de Vila Nova de Foz Côa”, “Hällristningar i Vale do Foz Côa”, “Núcleo de Arte Rupestre da Penascosa”, “Park Archeologiczny Doliny Coa”, “Parque Arqueologico do Vale do Coa”, “Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley”, “Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde”, “Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Côa Valley”, “Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Coa Valley and Siega Verde”, “Sites d’art rupestre prehistorique de la vallee de Coa”, “Sítios arqueológicos no vale do Côa”, “Sítios arqueológicos no Vale do Rio Côa”, “Sítios de arte rupestre do Vale do Côa”, “Sitios de arte rupestre pre-historica do Vale do Coa”, “Sítios de arte rupestre pré-histórica do Vale do Coa”, “Sitios de arte rupestre prehistorico del valle del Coa”, “Údolí Coa”, “Údolí Côa”, “Vale do côa”, “Vall del Côa”, “Valle del Coa”, “Valle del Côa”, “Världsarvet i Vale do Foz Côa”, “Петроглифы долины Коа”, “കോവ താഴ്വരയിലെ ചരിത്രാതീതകാല ശിലാരേഖാ പ്രദേശം.”, “コア渓谷”, “コア渓谷の先史時代のロック-アート遺跡群”, and “コア渓谷の先史時代の岩絵遺跡群”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castelo Melhor and Almendra.

Village
Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa.

Town
Photo: Xuaxo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal. is situated 4 km east of Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa.

Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa.

Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa

Latitude
41.00618° or 41° 0′ 22″ north
Longitude
-7.10494° or 7° 6′ 18″ west
Operator
Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa (PAVC)
Open location code
8CHJ2V4W+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 682678333
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q552106
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Sitios d’arte rupestre prehistóricu del valle del Côa”
  • Basque: “Coa Harana eta Siega Verdeko labar-arte guneak”
  • Basque: “Foz Côa”
  • Belarusian: “Даліна Коа”
  • Bengali: “কোয়া উপত্যকায় প্রাগৈতিহাসিক শিলা শিল্প স্থান”
  • Catalan: “Llocs d’art rupestre prehistòric de la vall del Côa”
  • Chinese: “席尔加·维德岩石艺术考古区”
  • Chinese: “席爾加·維德岩石藝術考古區”
  • Chinese: “科阿峡谷史前岩石艺术遗址”
  • Chinese: “科阿谷和谢加贝尔德的史前岩石艺术地点群”
  • Croatian: “Foz Côa”
  • Czech: “Údolí Côa a Siega Verde”
  • Dutch: “Prehistorische rotskunst in de Coa Vallei en de Siega Verde”
  • French: “Sites d’art rupestre préhistorique de la vallée de Côa”
  • Galician: “Sitios de arte rupestre prehistórica do val do Côa e de Siega Verde”
  • Georgian: “კოას ხეობა”
  • German: “Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa”
  • Hebrew: “עמק קואה”
  • Hindi: “कोआ घाटी की प्रागैतिहासिक शिला कलाकृति स्थल”
  • Italian: “Arte paleolitica nella Valle del Côa”
  • Japanese: “コア渓谷とシエガ・ベルデの先史時代の岩絵遺跡群”
  • Latvian: “Koa ielejas un Sjega Verdes aizvēsturiskie klinšu zīmējumi”
  • Lithuanian: “Koa slėnis”
  • Malayalam: “കോവ താഴ്‌വരയിലെ ചരിത്രാതീതകാല ശിലാരേഖാ പ്രദേശം”
  • Persian: “هنر سنگ‌نگاری پیشاتاریخی در دره کوآ و سیگا ورده”
  • Polish: “Park Archeologiczny Doliny Côa”
  • Portuguese: “Parque Arqueológico do Côa”
  • Portuguese: “Sítios de arte rupestre do Vale do Coa”
  • Russian: “Долина Коа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Foz Côa”
  • Slovak: “Údolie Côa”
  • Slovenian: “Dolina Coa”
  • Spanish: “Sitios de arte rupestre prehistórico del valle del Coa y de Siega Verde”
  • Spanish: “Sitios de arte rupestre prehistórico del Valle del Côa”
  • Swedish: “Côadalens hällristningar”
  • Turkish: “Côa Vadisi’ndeki Tarih Öncesi Kaya Sanatı Sitesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Доісторичні наскельні малюнки долини Коа”
  • Vietnamese: “Các địa điểm nghệ thuật đá thời tiền sử trong Thung lũng Côa”
  • “Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley”

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