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Peña del Escrito Cave (rock art)
DiscoverPlaces to seeCavesSpainCastile-La ManchaCuencaSerrania BajaVillar Del Humo
Peña del Escrito Cave (rock art)
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JavierCR 🇪🇸
January 24, 2026
Mountain biking
La Peña del Escrito is a group of rock shelters located in the municipality of Villar del Humo (Cuenca), one of the most outstanding sites of Levantine Rock Art and Schematic Art on the Iberian Peninsula. It is situated in the heart of the Sierra de las Cuerdas mountain range and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998 as part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin.
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Datsusara Outdoors
January 25, 2023
Mountain biking
The Villar de Humo area contains one of the most important collections of rock art on the Iberian Peninsula. Among the various places, the Peña del Escrito cave stands out, declared a UNESCO Heritage Site and which contains 170 figures from the Mesolithic era, some of them from more than 10,000 years ago (circa 8000 BC).
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38.3km
03:46
820m
820m
This difficult 23.8-mile mountain bike loop explores the Peña del Escrito Cave and Balbina Tower in Villar de Humo.
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Elevation 1,050 m