Valcamonica Rock Drawings - Great Attractions (Italy)
- 13 years ago
Take a tour of Valcamonica Rock Drawings in Italy - part of the World's Greatest Attractions series by GeoBeats.
Valcamonica is a large valley in the Lombardy Alps region of Italy.
The picturesque area is how you'd imagine the historic Europe.
But it is a particularly special site because of its prehistoric stone carvings.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of such carvings.
It is said these incisions were made over a period of thousands of years.
The figures are an important reflection of the culture and lifestyle back in that time.
Given its significance, UNESCO has placed these carvings on the world heritage list.
Valcamonica is a large valley in the Lombardy Alps region of Italy.
The picturesque area is how you'd imagine the historic Europe.
But it is a particularly special site because of its prehistoric stone carvings.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of such carvings.
It is said these incisions were made over a period of thousands of years.
The figures are an important reflection of the culture and lifestyle back in that time.
Given its significance, UNESCO has placed these carvings on the world heritage list.