The Rock Engravings National Park was established in 1955, the first Italian archaeological park, for the protection and enhancement of one of the most important rock complexes with prehistoric and protohistoric engravings of the Camonica Valley.
It covers an area of ​​143,935 square meters in Località Naquane, on the left hydrographic side of the Camonica Valley, between 400 and 600 m / asl. Inside it houses 104 rocks, in sandstone smoothed by glaciers, engraved with some of the best known representations of the rock art repertoire of the Camonica Valley, recognized by UNESCO in 1979 as a world heritage site (site no. 94 "Rock Art of the Valle Camonica ”, the first Italian site registered) for the uniqueness of the phenomenon and for the importance of the scientific contribution that the study of engravings has brought to the knowledge of the prehistory of Man.
The park was established with the aim of protecting, conserving, enhancing and promoting knowledge of the rock art heritage. The park is state-owned and managed since 2018 by the Lombardy Museum Center, a peripheral organ of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.
National Park of Rock Engravings
Address: Loc. Naquane 1, 25044, Brescia
Phone: 0364 42140
Site:
http://www.parcoincisioni.capodiponte.beniculturali.it/Location inserted by
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