Rock Drawings in Valcamonica

Cultural
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
Photo: Luca Giarelli / CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Country Italy
Year inscribed1979
Criteria(iii)

Overview

Valcamonica, situated in the Lombardy plain, has one of the world's greatest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs – more than 140,000 symbols and figures carved in the rock over a period of 8,000 years and depicting themes connected with agriculture, navigation, war and magic.

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Source: UNESCO World Heritage List — CC BY-SA 4.0