Italy - Rock Drawings in Valcamonica

"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." 

Source: UNESCO World Heritage

Valcamonica is the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Italy listed in 1979. Shown in the postcard is the "The Big Rock - Knights and Spades - Iron Age" of the Naaquane - National Park of Rocky Incisions at Capo di Ponte, Brescia Province. Thanks to Roberto of Bologna, Italy.


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