Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa is a town of 7,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal. 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.Photo: Henrique Matos, GFDL.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: paleolithic archaeological site in Portugal
- Also known as: “Coa Valley”, “Núcleo de Arte Rupestre da Penascosa”, “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”, and “Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of the Coa Valley and Siega Verde”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castelo Melhor and Almendra.
Castelo Melhor
Village
Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0.
Castelo Melhor is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa.
Almendra
Town
Photo: Xuaxo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Almendra is a civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal. Almendra is situated 4 km east of Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa.
Chãs
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chãs is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa.
Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Penascosa
- Categories: cultural heritage, petroglyph, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Guarda District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.00618° or 41° 0′ 22″ northLongitude
-7.10494° or 7° 6′ 18″ westOperator
Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa (PAVC)Open location code
8CHJ2V4W+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 682678333OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata 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: “Côa harana”
- Basque: “Côako bailara”
- Basque: “Côako Harana”
- Basque: “Foz Côa gunea”
- Basque: “Foz Côa”
- Belarusian: “Даліна Коа”
- Bengali: “কোয়া উপত্যকায় প্রাগৈতিহাসিক শিলা শিল্প স্থান”
- Catalan: “Llocs d’art rupestre prehistòric de la vall del Côa”
- Catalan: “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: “Dolina Coa”
- Croatian: “Dolina Côa”
- Croatian: “Foz Côa i Siega Verde”
- Croatian: “Foz Côa”
- Czech: “Údolí Côa a Siega Verde”
- Czech: “Údolí Coa”
- Czech: “Údolí Côa”
- Dutch: “Prehistorische rotskunst in de Coa Vallei en de Siega Verde”
- French: “Sites d’art rupestre prehistorique de la vallee de Coa”
- 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”
- Japanese: “コア渓谷とシエガ・ベルデの先史時代の岩絵遺跡群”
- Japanese: “コア渓谷の先史時代のロック-アート遺跡群”
- Japanese: “コア渓谷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.”
- Malayalam: “കോവ താഴ്വരയിലെ ചരിത്രാതീതകാല ശിലാരേഖാ പ്രദേശം”
- Persian: “هنر سنگنگاری پیشاتاریخی در دره کوآ و سیگا ورده”
- Polish: “Park Archeologiczny Doliny Coa”
- Polish: “Park Archeologiczny Doliny Côa”
- Polish: “Parque Arqueologico do Vale do Coa”
- Polish: “Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa”
- Portuguese: “Arte rupestre do vale do rio côa”
- Portuguese: “Conjunto dos sítios arqueológicos do Vale do Rio Côa”
- Portuguese: “Conjunto dos sítios arqueológicos no Vale do Côa”
- Portuguese: “Conjunto dos sítios arqueológicos no Vale do Rio Côa”
- Portuguese: “Gravuras de Vila Nova de Foz Côa”
- Portuguese: “Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa”
- Portuguese: “Sítios arqueológicos no vale do Côa”
- Portuguese: “Sítios arqueológicos no Vale do Rio Côa”
- Portuguese: “Sítios de arte rupestre do Vale do Coa”
- Portuguese: “Sítios de arte rupestre do Vale do Côa”
- Portuguese: “Sitios de arte rupestre pre-historica do Vale do Coa”
- Portuguese: “Sítios de arte rupestre pré-histórica do Vale do Coa”
- Portuguese: “Vale do côa”
- Russian: “Долина Коа”
- Russian: “Петроглифы долины 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 prehistorico del valle del Coa”
- Spanish: “Sitios de arte rupestre prehistórico del Valle del Côa”
- Spanish: “Valle del Coa”
- Spanish: “Valle del Côa”
- Swedish: “Coadalen”
- Swedish: “Côadalen”
- Swedish: “Côadalens hällristningar”
- Swedish: “Hällristningar i Vale do Foz Côa”
- Swedish: “Världsarvet i Vale do Foz Côa”
- 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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