Prehistoric Rock Art Trails

The Altamira Museum receives the ERAH Seal of the Council of Europe’s Cultural Route ‘Prehistoric Rock Art Trails’

The Altamira Museum joins the select group of top rock art destinations and receives ERAH certification. The CARP Cultural Route, supported by the Council of Europe, awards the “European Rock Art Heritage” certification to rock art sites that meet the best practices established in its official manual. This is the 7th European destination to receive this distinction, following the Siega Verde Archaeological Area (Salamanca), the Campo Lameiro Archaeological Park (Pontevedra), the Lascaux IV International Rock Art Centre, the Thot Park, the Pole d’Interpretation de la Préhistoire de les Eyzies de Tayac (France), and the Museu do Côa (Portugal). This distinction consolidates Altamira’s value as a heritage and tourism resource, ensuring […]

Dec 15

PRAT-CARP Assembly 2025. Meeting of the great family of European rock art

The Prehistoric Rock Art Trails Network is celebrating a significant double anniversary. Firstly, we are marking fifteen years as a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, a recognition that has strengthened our work in protecting and promoting rock art heritage. Secondly, we are commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the discovery of rock art in the municipality of Mação, a finding that has shaped the recent history of research in this field. Mação is hosting us for the Annual Assembly of the International Association of Prehistoric Rock Art Trails, a forum that allows us to review our achievements in 2025. These include projects such as #ArtPoints, the launch of the […]

Nov 28

PRAT CARP 2025 Forum

Everything is ready in Maçao for the annual meeting of the Prehistoric Rock Art Trails. This year we celebrate the 15th anniversary of its designation as a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, and Maçao celebrates the 25th anniversary of the discovery of its prehistoric rock art.

Nov 12

ROCK ART SITES: THE CHALLENGES OF A NETWORK

The aim of this seminar is to bring together all the French sites dedicated dedicated to prehistoric art open to the public to discuss possible future collaborations future collaboration in terms of a network structured and formalised within the framework of the Cultural Routes programme of the Council of Europe. Art Rupestre Programme V6

May 15

Arredondo acogerá un seminario internacional sobre preservación y difusión del arte rupestre para proyectar a Cantabria como destino cultural europeo de primer nivel

Arredondo reunirá los próximos días 23 y 24 de mayo a algunos de los arqueólogos y gestores más destacados del arte rupestre del suroeste de Europa en torno a un seminario internacional para dar a conocer las últimas novedades en torno a la prospección y al estudio del arte rupestre de la cueva de Altamira y el Arte Rupestre Paleolítico del norte de España, los sitios de arte rupestre prehistórico del Valle del Côa (Portugal) y de Siega Verde y los sitios prehistóricos y cuevas con pinturas del Valle de La Vézére (Dordoña). Organizado por el Gobierno de Cantabria, a través de las consejerías de Economía y de Cultura, el […]

Dec 12

Prehistoric Rock Art Trails held its annual Assembly in Coa Valley

The International Association of Prehistoric Rock Art Trails held its annual Assembly in the Côa Valley. This event, co-organised by the Côa Parque Foundation and the technical management unit of the association, coincided with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the declaration of the rock art of the Côa Valley on the UNESCO World Heritage list. This entity manages the Cultural Itinerary of the Council of Europe PRAT CARP which brings together the main destinations of visitable rock art in Europe with a total of 47 partners from 9 European countries. The conference was held on 30 November and 1 December. The first event was “Climate Change and World […]

Mar 07

Participamos en la edición de ITB Berlín con Rutas Culturales de España

Los itinerarios culturales Caminos de Caminos de Arte Rupestre Prehistórico, Ruta Vía de la Plata, Camino del Cid, Rutas del Emperador Carlos V y Caminos de Pasión participan del 7 al 9 de marzo en una nueva edición de la Feria Internacional de Turismo de Berlín ITB bajo el denominador común de `Rutas Culturales de España´, propuesta que aglutina la oferta de estos cinco grandes recorridos. Con un mostrador propio ubicado en el stand de Turespaña, Rutas Culturales de España dará a conocer a intermediarios turísticos, medios de comunicación y profesionales del sector, los atractivos turísticos y culturales de las cinco rutas que la componen y que ofrece experiencias únicas […]

Jul 01

TECHNICIANS AND POLITICAL ADMINISTRATORS FROM FINLAND, PORTUGAL, FRANCE AND SPAIN EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES IN THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND TOURIST USE OF EUROPEAN PREHISTORIC ART

The seminar ‘Rock Art on the Water’, held by the Finnish cities of Laukaa and Mikkeli, served to transfer expert knowledge about the future management of the large rock art sites in the region of the great lakes (Saraavesi and Saimaa) in Finland. Finnish rock art is one of the best-kept secrets of European cultural heritage. Since the late 1960s, after the different sites began to be discovered, mainly on the shores of lakes in the centre and south of the country, they gradually began to be studied at the turn of the century. In the absence of a research tradition, with mostly local publications and little institutional awareness of […]