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<< Our Photo Pages >> Rupe Magna - Rock Art in Italy in Lombardia

Submitted by Torwen on Wednesday, 06 July 2011  Page Views: 5410

Rock ArtSite Name: Rupe Magna Alternative Name: Dosso dei Castelli
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 4.272 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Lombardia Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Tirano  Nearest Village: Grosio
Latitude: 46.292713N  Longitude: 10.264167E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Rupe Magna
Rupe Magna submitted by Torwen : Rupe Magna. Overview from castle's wall. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rupe Magna ('Big Rock') is an 84 m long and 35 m wide rock surface which was polished by glaciers and heavily engraved during prehistoric times. The first figures belong to the final Neolithic and/or Copper Age(spirals, arcs etc.). In the Bronze Age anthropomorphic figures were added, the so-called oranti (praying figures, because they hold their arms up as if in prayer). The figures developed into fighting scenes during the Iron Age and there are even some crosses from historic times.

There are more than 5000 figures engraved on this rock panel with about 60 % just cupules and lines and 30 % anthropomorphic figures. Representations of animals are scarce. It is the largest engraved rock in the Alps.
In 1978 a consortium for the protection and study of the engravings was established and there is a small museum, called the ‘Antiquarium’ near the site which displays objects from the excavations of the castle site which can be dated back to a Bronze Age settlement and the area around . A bookshop is also present.

Homepage of the Consorzio per il Parco delle Incisioni Rupestri di Grosio

Literature:
Arcà, A. et al. 1995. Rupe Magna, la roccia incisa piú grande delle Alpi, Sondrio.

Rupe Magna article at rupestre.net

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Rupe Magna
Rupe Magna submitted by Torwen : Rupe Magna, arc motif (maybe a hut?) (Vote or comment on this photo)

Rupe Magna
Rupe Magna submitted by Torwen : Rupe Magna, cupules. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Rupe Magna
Rupe Magna submitted by Torwen : Rupe Magna, anthropomorphic figure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Rupe Magna by Anonymous on Friday, 08 July 2011
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