MUPRE - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PREHISTORY OF THE CAMONICA VALLEY

The Valle Camonica is world-famous for its extraordinary complex of depictions engraved on rocks, mostly dating back to prehistoric times, inscribed in 1979, as the first Italian site, on the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage List. Therefore, while the iconographic heritage of these ancient populations is known to the general public, less well known are the aspects of their daily life, which have only emerged in the last 30 years thanks to numerous preventive archaeology and research projects conducted in the Valley. Various dwellings, workplaces, places of worship and burials can be traced back to these communities, known as Camunni from the Iron Age onwards. The National Museum of Prehistory, housed in the ancient building of Villa Agostani in the historic centre of Capo di Ponte, integrates, with the exhibition of finds, the heritage of images engraved on the rocks and recomposes, in an inseparable whole, the identity expression of the Camonica Valley.