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The Levante (Spanish:; Catalan: Llevant [ʎəˈβan, ʎəˈvant, ʎeˈβan, ʎeˈvant]; "Levant, East") is a name used to refer to the eastern region of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. It roughly corresponds to the former Xarq al-Ándalus , but has no modern geopolitical definition.
The group of over 700 sites of prehistoric Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, also known as Levantine art, were collectively declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998. The sites are in the eastern part of Spain and contain rock art dating to the Upper Paleolithic or (more likely) Mesolithic periods of the Stone Age .
The Levant (/ l ə ˈ v æ n t / lə-VANT) is a term used to define the historical and geographical subregion that borders the Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west and core West Asia, or by the political term, Middle East, to the east.
Named after its regional range, the Levantine Bronze Age (or Bronze of Levant, or Valencian Bronze) refers to a culture extended over the actual territory of the Valencian Community, in the "Levante" or eastern side of the Iberian peninsula. Its chronological range was between 2200 BC and 1500 BC.
The Roca dels Moros or Caves of El Cogul is a rock shelter containing paintings of prehistoric Levantine rock art and Iberian schematic art. The site is in El Cogul, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. Since 1998 the paintings have been protected as part of the Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Iberians in the Spanish Levant were more urbanized than their neighbors in the central and northwestern regions of the Iberian peninsula. The peoples in the central and northwest regions were mostly speakers of Celtic dialects, semi-pastoral and lived in scattered villages, though they also had a few fortified towns like Numantia . [ 5 ]
Levante, Spain, the eastern Iberian coastal region of Spain Riviera di Levante, an Italian name for the eastern section of the Italian Riviera Sestri Levante , an Italian town
The iberian cities of Tarifa, Ceuta, Algeciras or Ronda and the African port of Ceuta were at stake. [33] The Western Mediterranean sea was dominated by the Crown of Aragon : thanks to their possessions of Sicily , the Kingdom of Naples , the Kingdom of Sardinia , the Balearic Islands , the Duchy of Athens the Duchy of Neopatria , and several ...