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rock drawings in Valcamonica
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How it came to be
In the Camonica Valley in Lombardy, northern Italy, people carved figures and signs into the rock for more than 8,000 years. The subjects include farming, sailing, war, deer hunting, duels, magic and geometric figures. By number, most of the carvings, some 70-80%, are attributed to the Camunni, who lived in the valley in the Iron Age.
The first recorded report came in 1909, when Walther Laeng told the national monuments committee about two carved boulders near Cemmo. From 1929 the Turin anthropologist Giovanni Marro and others studied the carvings, and in 1955 a national rock art park was created at Naquane. From 1956 Emmanuel Anati found many new carvings and drew up a chronology based on style.
In 1979 the rock drawings of Valcamonica became Italy's first World Heritage site. UNESCO recognised more than 140,000 figures, and later finds have raised the catalogue to between 200,000 and 300,000. One motif, the Camunian rose, is now the official symbol of the region of Lombardy.
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