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) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
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