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Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: Valcamonica is a valley situated in the Lombardy Alps in Italy. Valcamonica takes its name from the Camunni, ancient people who lived in the Valcamonica during the Iron Age, as documented by the Roman author Pliny the Elder. Valcamonica contains one of greatest collections of prehistoric rock art in the world. More than 140,000 rock drawings were pecked into the surface of 2,400 rocks. The rock drawings in Valcamonica were made over a period of 8000 years. Most of the rock art was made by the people of the Camunni during the Iron Age. The themes are agriculture, magic, hunting scenes, huts, human figures and the Rosa Camuna. The rock drawings are spread all over Valcamonica. The Rock Drawings in Valcamonica can be seen in several archaeological parks in the valley, such as: the Naquane National Rock Art Park and the City Archaeological Park of Seradina-Bedolina, both situated in the town of Capo di Ponte, and the Rock Art Park of Foppe di Nadro in the small town of Ceto. The Rock Drawings in Valcamonica gained the status as a UNESCO World Heritage in 1979. Several other UNESCO World Heritage Rock Art Sites elsewhere in Europe: Alta, Tanum, Siega Verde and Côa Valley. World Heritage Art: Valcamonica

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   Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: A rock drawing of a hut-like figure, the representation of huts are particular frequent in the City Archaeological Park of Seradina-Bedolina in the small town of Capo di Ponte. Several areas in Valcamonica are characterised by particular themes that don't exist elsewhere. The Rock Drawings in Valcamonica became a UNESCO World Heritage in 1979.

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   The Rock Carvings in Valcamonica can be seen in several archaeological parks in Valcamonica, such as two parks situated in the small town of Capo di Ponte: the Naquane National Rock Art Park and the City Archaeological Park of Seradina-Bedolina, and the archaeological park in the town of Ceto the Rock Art Park of Foppe di Nadro.

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   Rock Art in Valcamonica: Thousands of rock drawings has been created during the Iron Age by the Camunni. These reconstructed huts can be found at the Rock Art Park of Foppe di Nadro in Ceto. Today, there are about eight rock art parks in Valcamonica, the rock art parks are situated in the natural setting of the 90 km long Valcamonica.

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   Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: These rock engravings are interpreted as huts, but the original meaning of the rock drawings is lost in the mists of time. The rock engravings in Valcamonica were made by the Camunni, ancient people who lived in the Valcamonica (also Val Camonica) during the Iron Age.

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   Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: Thousands of images were pecked into the rock surface over a period of 8000 years. The name of the valley Valcamonica comes from the Camunni, ancient people who lived in Valcamonica during the Iron Age. The rock drawings in Valcamonica were made during the Stone Age until the end of the 1st millennium BCE.

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   Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: Information boards gives information and explanation about the petroglyphs, the rock drawings. Valcamonica is a narrow valley in the Lombardy Alps. The Rock Drawings in Valcamonica became the first UNESCO World Heritage of Italy, the Rock Drawings in Valcamonica were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.

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   Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: The rock number 6 in the Rock Art Park of Foppe di Nadro in the town of Ceto represents the artistic peak reached by the Camunni, the rock is one of the most famous and richest engraved rocks of Valcamonica, it includes more than hundred of footprints, the largest concentration in Valcamonica. The rock art was made during the Iron Age.

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   Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: Four warriors fighting, other themes are magic, agriculture and hunting scenes. There are over 140.000 rock drawings in Valcamonica. The rock drawings are spread on all rock surfaces in Valcamonica. The rock drawings were made over a time span of more than eight thousand years.

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   Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: A hut, constructed like the ones engraved on the rocks. The rock engravings in Valcamonica has been made during the Iron Age by the Camunni. If the Camunni really lived in huts like this is uncertain. The Rock Drawings in Valcamonica gained the status as a UNESCO World Heritage in 1979.

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    Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: The The rock art park Parco Archeologico Comunale di Seradina-Bedolina is situated close to the small town of Capo di Ponte. Valcamonica contains the largest collection of prehistoric rock drawings in Europe. The rock drawings in Seradina-Bedolina have been dated mostly between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

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    Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: Rock Art in the City Archaeological Park of Seradina-Bedolina in Capo di Ponte. Two warriors, one of them on horseback, both are armed with a knife. Capo di Ponte includes more than 500 engraved rocks, they cover a large amount of the rock drawings in Valcamonica.

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    Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, Italy: One of the larger rocks in the City Archaeological Park of Seradina-Bedolina in Capo di Ponte shows a rock carving of a warrior on horseback armed with a knife. This rock drawing is datable to the Middle Iron Age. Many rock drawings in Valcamonica depict human stick figures, many show upraised arms bent at the elbow.

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    Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: The Camunni people left behind thousands of rock drawings in Valcamonica. One of the best-known is the Camunian Rose, a name given to a common symbol represented among the Rock Drawings in Valcamonica. Now, the Camunian Rose is the official symbol of the region of Lombardy.

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    Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: In the City Archaeological Park of Seradina-Bedolina, many rocks are engraved with 'topographic compositions', such as the so-called Map of Bedolina, the rock engravings on this rock are interpreted as mountain paths, cultivated plots of land and villages. There are also huts, warriors and animals depicted in this rock.

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    Rock Drawings in Valcamonica: A reconstructed hut like the engraved hut-like engravings on the rocks. Valcamonica is a valley in northern Italy. Valcamonica contains one of the world's greatest collections of prehistoric rock art. The themes are agriculture, magic, animal and human figures, hunting scenes, huts, plough scenes and the famous Rosa Camuna.