Ambrosio Cave, Spain

The Ambrosio Cave Natural Monument (in Spanish: Cueva de Ambrosio) is a Natural Monument located in the Province of Almería, Spain. This archaeological site is situated at the northern edge of the Vélez-Blanco municipality and is classified among the Natural Monuments of Andalusia. It protects the surroundings of the Ambrosio cave, a rock shelter measuring 38 meters wide, 18 meters high, and up to 17 meters deep, where remains from the Paleolithic period have been found. The shelter opens onto a nearly 100-meter-high cliff, oriented east-west above the Moral stream, and is formed by limestone from the upper Burdigalian to lower Langhian geological stages. It is one of the most significant Paleolithic sites in southeastern Iberia due to its extensive stratigraphy, which documents layers from the Upper Paleolithic, including the Solutrean period, through the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic periods, up to recent prehistory. The cultural sequence from the Upper Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic is particularly noteworthy.

The shelter has been designated a World Heritage Site since 1998 as part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula (ref. 874-069).