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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Rock drawings in Valcamonica
| Title | Rock drawings in Valcamonica |
| Artist(s) | Unrecorded artist |
| Dates | c. 8th–1st millennium B.C.E. |
| Places | Europe / Southern Europe / Italy |
| Period, Culture, Style | Prehistoric / Paleolithic / Neolithic |
| Artwork Type | Rock art |
| Material | Pigment, Rock |
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Cite this page as: UNESCO, "Rock drawings in Valcamonica," in Smarthistory, May 27, 2021, accessed December 15, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/rock-drawings-in-valcamonica/.
