UNESCO World Heritage Site
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in Italy, inscribed in 1979.
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.
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.
- Inscribed
- 1979
- UNESCO reference
- 94
- Area
- 432.3 ha
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