Cingle de la Gassulla IX y X
(7000 ac - 4500 ac)Varias de las mejores muestras de arte levantino del Parque Cultural de Valltorta-Gassulla se conservan en el conjunto del Cingle de la Gasulla, también conocido como Cingle de la Mola Remigia, que está constituido por diez abrigos. El abrigo IX es una cavidad pequeña y apenas protegida por una visera, pero en ella se concentran un elevado número de figuras, principalmente arqueros. En la parte superior del panel una falange de 5 arqueros encabezados por un personaje tocado con un gorro alto se dirigen con sus arcos en alto hacia la zona donde está teniendo lugar un enfrentamiento entre dos grupos de arqueros. Esta batalla probablemente se continuase en el abrigo VIII donde un personaje lleva en sus brazos a un arquero herido. Diversos animales complementan la escena, destacando de manera singular una cabra situada en el centro del panel.
Visit Plan
Guided tours to Cingle de la Gassulla depart from Mas de la Montalbana. The walk is 1.8 km long by a slope roughly 200 m high, that crosses by autochtonous woods of holm and gall-oaks. The full visit, including Cova Remígia site, could take around 2 hours.
How to Arrive
The assemblage of Gassulla can be visited from the Mas de la Montalbana, which is located in Km 46 of CV-15 road, close to Ares del Maestrat village.
Guided visit tours are offered that should be booked in advance calling to Museum of La Valltorta (tfno. 964 33 60 10).
Visitable
Yes
Difficulty
Moderate
Discoverer
Modesto Fabregat, Gonzalo G. Espresati, 1934
Locality
Province
Orientation
Southeast
Altitude
970 m
Style
Number of Panels
2
Number of Figures
115
Dimensions
7m x 2m
Geology
Limestone. Marls and micrites of Lower Cretacic. Lower Aptian facies.
Related to
Cingle de la Gassulla IVGraphic documentation
Technique: Gigapixel panoramic imaging
Description:
Panoramic view from the top of the cliff where shelters of Cingle de la Gassulla are located. Several towns like Ares del Maestrat, Culla and Font d'en Segures (Benassal) can be seen.
Technique: Gigapixel panoramic imaging
Description:
Landscape panorama of the site where Cingle de Gassulla is located, including shelters IV, IX and X.
Technique: Photogrammetry
Description:
3D photogrammetric model including shelters IX (left) and X (right) of Cingle de la Gassulla.
Technique: Photogrammetry
Description:
3D photogrammetric model including shelters IX (left) and X (right) of Cingle de la Gassulla, with texture enhanced by DStretch to improve visibility of paintings.
Technique: Gigapixel panoramic imaging
Description:
There are many Levantine style paintings in this shelter, most of them are animals (wild goats and deer) and some archers. The trails of footprints left by animals should be highlighted. Some of the animal figures exhibit a tendency towards schematism. There is a rider wearing a helmet who is riding a horse that should be painted in the Iron Age. Some color patches are the result of recent vandalic actions.
Technique: Gigapixel panoramic imaging
Description:
Shelter IX of Cingle de Gassulla is well known for one of the most typical scenes of all the Levantine art. There is a group of five archers marching exhibiting their bows and arrows, headed by a character who is wearing a remarkably tall cap. In fact, this phalanx of archers are moving into a large war scene in which two groups of archers are fighting each other. There are as well remains of older pictographs that are underimposed to the war scene, including a large archer and a wild goat.
Technique: Image analysis
Description:
Gigapixel image of shelter X of Cingle de Gassulla, enhanced by DStretch software to improve visibility of paintings.
Technique: Image analysis
Description:
Gigapixel image of shelter IX of Cingle de Gassulla, enhanced by DStretch software to improve visibility of paintings.