HERITAGE RECORD · 094

Rock Drawings in Valcamonica

梵尔卡莫尼卡谷地岩画

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

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.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ945514 ↗

Administrative areaQ16144

WikipediaRock Drawings in Valcamonica ↗

Chinese Wikipedia卡莫尼卡谷地岩画 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

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