I was in Val Camonica near Brescia in Northern Italy for work, but I managed to have the afternoon free to explore one of the three main Prehistoric "Rock Art" museums. The carvings span the the time from Neolithic right through to the Middle ages.
Less well known than the spectacular "Parco nazionale delle incisioni rupestri di Naquane " and the "Parco archeologico comunale di Seradina-Bedolina ", both at Capo di Ponte, the "Riserva naturale Incisioni rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo " covers a vast area around three villages. The most interesting area is the Foppe di Nadro site near Ceto.
You need a sunny day to visit these sites as the incisions disappear when the rocks are in the shadows.
It was also fascinating whilst having a beer at a bar to hear the locals talking in their gruff incomprensibile dialect.
I took a full compliment of lenses, but ended up shooting with the 24-200 as It was just so flexible to switch from wide views to close ups.
1 You enter the main site via an old mule track running through the terraced fields.
2
3 The duel
4 Boxers
5 The Village
6 The reconstruction of a Neolithic house
6 Inside
7 The hunt
8 Astronaut and Rosa Camuna
9 Horse rider with servant.
10 The herd
11 Medieval keys
12 Cimbergo
13 Cimbergo
Less well known than the spectacular "Parco nazionale delle incisioni rupestri di Naquane " and the "Parco archeologico comunale di Seradina-Bedolina ", both at Capo di Ponte, the "Riserva naturale Incisioni rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo " covers a vast area around three villages. The most interesting area is the Foppe di Nadro site near Ceto.
You need a sunny day to visit these sites as the incisions disappear when the rocks are in the shadows.
It was also fascinating whilst having a beer at a bar to hear the locals talking in their gruff incomprensibile dialect.
I took a full compliment of lenses, but ended up shooting with the 24-200 as It was just so flexible to switch from wide views to close ups.
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1 You enter the main site via an old mule track running through the terraced fields.
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3 The duel
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4 Boxers
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5 The Village
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6 The reconstruction of a Neolithic house
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6 Inside
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7 The hunt
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8 Astronaut and Rosa Camuna
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9 Horse rider with servant.
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10 The herd
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11 Medieval keys
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12 Cimbergo
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13 Cimbergo
