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Rock Drawings in Valcamonica

French: Art rupestre du Valcamonica
The Rock Drawings in Valcamonica is a World Heritage site in Italy defined by the UNESCO in 1979 and definitely a recommended cultural sightseeing location.
It is on position 320 (372, 320) in our monthly survey..

"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."
Copyright © 1992 2014 UNESCO/World Heritage Centre. All rights reserved."

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