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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rock Drawings in Valcamonica | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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archaeological site ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ rock art site ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Camunni
NERFINISHED
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Iron Age Alpine cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inscriptionYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lombardy
ⓘ
Val Camonica NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestMajorCity | Brescia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEngravedRocksApprox | over 2000 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfEngravingsApprox | over 140000 GENERATED ⓘ |
| partlyLocatedIn |
Ceto Cimbergo Paspardo Rock Engravings Reserve
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lago Moro area NERFINISHED ⓘ Naquane National Park of Rock Engravings NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossimo area ⓘ Sellero area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteType | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 94 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName | Rock Drawings in Valcamonica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| valleyRiver | Oglio River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasFirstWorldHeritageSiteIn | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica