The National Park of Rock Engravings in Capo di Ponte

The National Park of Rock Engravings in Capo di Ponte is a park in Ono San Pietro, Province of Brescia, Lombardy. The National Park of Rock Engravings in Capo di Ponte is situated nearby to the museum Museo didattico di arte e vita preistorica della Val Camonica, as well as near the church San Bartolomeo degli Umiliati.

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Opening hours:
Tuesday—Saturday: 8:30 AM—7:00 PM
Sunday and public holidays: 8:30 AM—7:00 PM
Monday: closed
Email: parcoincisionirupestri.capodiponte@beniculturali.it
Type: Park
Description: museum in Italy
Also known as: “Parco Archeologico Nazionale dei Massi di Cemmo” and “Val Camonica - Arte Rupestre - Parco Archeologico Nazionale dei Massi di Cemmo”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museo didattico di arte e vita preistorica della Val Camonica and San Bartolomeo degli Umiliati.

Museo didattico di arte e vita preistorica della Val Camonica

Museum

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Museo didattico di arte e vita preistorica della Val Camonica is a museum.

San Bartolomeo degli Umiliati

Church

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San Bartolomeo degli Umiliati is a church, which is situated 160 metres southwest of The National Park of Rock Engravings in Capo di Ponte.

The National Park of Rock Engravings in Capo di Ponte

Archaeological site

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The National Park of Rock Engravings in Capo di Ponte is an archaeological site, which is situated 310 metres northeast of The National Park of Rock Engravings in Capo di Ponte.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cemmo and Capo di Ponte.

Cemmo, is a frazione of Capo di Ponte, located right of river Oglio, beneath the Concarena. It was one of the first settlements in Val Camonica, as it can be deduced from the numerous rock drawings that have been found here; nowadays it has a population of about 600.

Capo di Ponte

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Capo di Ponte is the cultural heart of in Val Camonica, a wide Alpine valley in Lombardy, northern Italy. This small, quiet town is one of Europe’s most extraordinary prehistoric sites: it sits at the centre of the Val Camonica Rock Art, a vast collection of over 140,000 petroglyphs carved into sandstone over thousands of years.