{"id":20693,"date":"2018-08-28T18:57:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T18:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/a-historia\/"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:11:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T11:11:23","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Although the public announcement <\/strong>only took place in 1994, <\/strong>archaeologist Nelson Rebanda<\/strong>, who accompanied the construction of the C\u00f4a dam, identified <\/strong>the first engraved rock (1 of Canada do Inferno) <\/strong>in late 1991<\/strong>. This is not to say that people of the region, especially the shepherds<\/strong> or the millers<\/strong> who worked on the banks of the river precisely in the zone of Canada do Inferno<\/strong> had not seen the engravings<\/strong> before. However, they lacked the information to ascertain the great antiquity<\/strong> of these figures. The discovery soon provoked great discussion as the construction of the dam would cause the submersal<\/strong> of the C\u00f4a Valley rock art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 1996<\/strong>, the Portuguese government, in view of the experts’ opinion regarding the artistic<\/strong> and scientific<\/strong> importance<\/strong> of the C\u00f4a rock art<\/strong>, and the great number of sites<\/strong> that were discovered since 1991, decided to abandon the construction of the dam<\/strong>. At the same time, the C\u00f4a Valley Archaeological Park was created<\/strong> to protect<\/strong> and show <\/strong>to the public the rock art ensemble. The C\u00f4a Valley is the largest open-air rock art collection from the Paleolithic<\/strong> known today.<\/p>\n

Recognition by UNESCO<\/a> of the C\u00f4a Valley rock art as World Heritage<\/strong> on December 2, 1998<\/strong>, was the culmination of a process that would indelibly mark<\/strong>\u00a0Portuguese Rock<\/strong> Art<\/strong>, Archeology<\/strong> and Cultural<\/strong> Heritage<\/strong>. In 2010<\/strong>, UNESCO also listed the nearby Paleolithic rock art of Siega Verde<\/a><\/strong> (Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain) as an extension<\/strong> of the C\u00f4a.<\/span><\/p>\n

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