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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rock Drawings in Valcamonica | 1 |
| UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica Context triple: [Province of Brescia, knownFor, UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica]
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Valley of Marvels rock engravings
The Valley of Marvels rock engravings are a vast concentration of prehistoric petroglyphs in the French Alps, renowned for thousands of Bronze Age carvings depicting humans, animals, and symbolic figures.
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B.
UNESCO World Heritage rock art sites
UNESCO World Heritage rock art sites are prehistoric cave and cliff paintings of outstanding cultural and historical significance, recognized globally for their exceptional preservation and insight into early human artistic expression.
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Civita plateau archaeological area
The Civita plateau archaeological area is an important Etruscan site near Tarquinia, Italy, featuring remains of ancient urban settlements and necropolises that illuminate the region’s pre-Roman history.
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D.
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.
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E.
Sacro Monte di Varese
Sacro Monte di Varese is a historic Roman Catholic devotional complex of chapels and a sanctuary on a sacred mountain in Lombardy, Italy, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: UNESCO World Heritage rock engravings in Val Camonica Target entity description: 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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A.
Valley of Marvels rock engravings
The Valley of Marvels rock engravings are a vast concentration of prehistoric petroglyphs in the French Alps, renowned for thousands of Bronze Age carvings depicting humans, animals, and symbolic figures.
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B.
UNESCO World Heritage rock art sites
UNESCO World Heritage rock art sites are prehistoric cave and cliff paintings of outstanding cultural and historical significance, recognized globally for their exceptional preservation and insight into early human artistic expression.
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C.
Civita plateau archaeological area
The Civita plateau archaeological area is an important Etruscan site near Tarquinia, Italy, featuring remains of ancient urban settlements and necropolises that illuminate the region’s pre-Roman history.
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D.
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.
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E.
Sacro Monte di Varese
Sacro Monte di Varese is a historic Roman Catholic devotional complex of chapels and a sanctuary on a sacred mountain in Lombardy, Italy, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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)
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(vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCORegion | Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteType | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 94 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName | Rock Drawings in Valcamonica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| valleyRiver | Oglio River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasFirstWorldHeritageSiteIn | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Rock Drawings in Valcamonica