CRHIMA - CINP project
Cultural Rupestrian Heritage in the Circum Mediterranean Area
Common Identity - New perspective
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Representation
Knowledge, Conservation and Improvement of HAbitat RUpestrian MEditerranean
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Activities
Aqueduct
Beehive
Borehole
Castle
Catacombs
Cave
Church
Fauna
Flora
Geology
Grave
Graveyard
Hermitage
House
Hypogeum
Iconography
Mill
Monastery
Monument
Moraybath
Mosque
Pigeonhouse
Place of Worship
Rock Shelters
Rupestrian
Stable
Tap
Temple
Underground City
VillageRupestrian Culture
Since prehistory, man took shelter in natural caves, competing for them against animals, or at least underneath rocky spurs, to protect themselves against the severity of the weather. The Palaeolithic man left important documentation of his parietal art in Spain and France...
The project
The rupestrian habitat is a distinctive element of the Mediterranean landscape. It is made of structures excavated in the rocks and located from the Anatolian tablelands to the Egyptian deserts (Nubia), from Ethiopia to Tunisia, from the Balkans to Italy, France and Spain...
Events
Main intention of the project is the development of an intercultural and cross-cultural phenomenon which is the culture of living in a cave, with the aim to promote the similarities and differences between the involved populations. This is achieved by supporting their integration with joint actions...