UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica

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The UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica are one of the largest and most important collections of prehistoric petroglyphs in the world, depicting thousands of years of human activity and symbolism in northern Italy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
archaeological site
cultural heritage site
rock art site
associatedWithCulture Camunni
linked to: Camuno

Iron Age Alpine cultures
continent Europe
continuedUseDuring Roman period
medieval period
country Italy
depicts agricultural scenes
animals
geometric symbols
human figures
hunting scenes
ritual scenes
weapons
earliestEngravingsDateTo Epipaleolithic period
hasInterpretationCentre National Museum of Prehistory of Val Camonica
inscriptionYear 1979
locatedIn Lombardy
Val Camonica
northern Italy
linked to: Northern Italy
mainDevelopmentPeriod Bronze Age
Copper Age
Iron Age
Neolithic
mainMaterial sandstone
mainTechnique pecking
managementBody Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per le province di Bergamo e Brescia
nearestMajorCity Brescia
numberOfEngravedRocksApprox over 2000
numberOfEngravingsApprox over 140000
partlyLocatedIn Ceto Cimbergo Paspardo Rock Engravings Reserve
Lago Moro area
Naquane National Park of Rock Engravings
Ossimo area
Sellero area
recognizedFor exceptional testimony to prehistoric civilization in the Alps
long continuity of rock art tradition
rich iconographic repertoire
timeSpanRepresented approximately 8,000 years
UNESCOCriteria (iii)
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UNESCORegion Europe and North America
UNESCOSiteType Cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 94
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
valleyRiver Oglio River
wasFirstWorldHeritageSiteIn Italy

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Province of Brescia knownFor UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica
Val Camonica hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
linked to: UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica
World Heritage Sites in Italy hasSite Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
linked to: UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica
UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
linked to: UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica