Côa, the river of a thousand engravings
Director Jean luc Bouvret
Countries Portugal, France
Duration 53 min
Synopsis
And what if for our ancestors the art of cave-painting was just a one off? A wild valley in Portugal made up of 17km long river banks adorned with thousands of open air paintings begs the question... Classified as a world heritage site, Côa challenges our vision of pre-historical art...
And what if for our ancestors the art of cave-painting was just a one off? A wild valley in Portugal made up of 17km long river banks adorned with thousands of open air paintings begs the question... Classified as a world heritage site, Côa challenges our vision of pre-historical art...