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<< Our Photo Pages >> Balzi Rossi - Cave or Rock Shelter in Italy in Liguria

Submitted by durhamnature on Saturday, 02 March 2013  Page Views: 7553

Natural PlacesSite Name: Balzi Rossi
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 10.091 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Liguria Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Grimaldi  Nearest Village: Grimaldi
Latitude: 43.783333N  Longitude: 7.535556E
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
5 Ambience:
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3Ordinary
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1Awful
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no data 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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : Sculpture of female figure, image from "Men of the Old Stone Age" via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave in Liguria, also the Prehistoric Museum of Balzi Rossi. A well known prehistoric site including Paleolithic burials in the caves

The site of Balzi Rossi acquired great importance in the mid-nineteenth century, coinciding with the time of the scientific research on the origin of man. The first excavations were carried out in 1846 by the Prince of Monaco Florestan I. Later, there were noteworthy excavations of Rivière, who was finally able to get an overview of the site and discover two Paleolithic burials, while the family Abbo, owner of the Barma Grande cave, brought to light prehistoric finds of great interest in the famous triple burial in 1892. It was after this discovery that, in 1898, the English patron Sir Thomas Hanbury discovered the Barma Grande cave, in which were found two Paleolithic burials.

Completions of previous excavations were followed in the early twentieth century by Louis de Villeneuve and from the '20s to the '60s, on several occasions, by the Institute of Human Paleontology in Rome. After being damaged during the Second World War, the Museum of Balzi Rossi, acquired by the State, was reopened in 1955.

In the 70s were unearthed remains of rock art in the area of ​​the caves Caviglione. The present arrangement of 1994, with the construction of a new building presents an extension of the exhibition space and also allows visitors to visit the archaeological site of the caves.

The caves are located at the foot of a cliff of dolomitic limestone from the Upper Jurassic. The tour begins with a new room describing the history of research at Balzi Rossi. You then move on to visit the caves of Caviglione of Florestan and Riparo Mochi, and the presentation of the most recent excavations on the upper room of the old museum building which has been renovated: here there are relics of Palaeolithic excavations of the cave of the Prince, with views of the sections of the archaeological deposit, you can also see replicas of the ancient sculpturecalled "Venus of Grimaldi" and a fragment of human female pelvic bone. In the lower room are shown the three tombs found by the Abbo family in the Great Brahma (an adult male and two teenagers) together with their rich array of perforated marine shells, fish vertebrae, deer canines, pendants worked bone and flint blades .

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Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : Old photo of the Prince's Cave, from "Der Mensch Aller Zeiten" via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : Part of a necklace found with one of the skeletons, from "Men of Barma Grande" via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : Pregnant female figure carved in crystalline talc, from Grimaldi, via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : Location drawing, from "Der Mensch Aller Zeiten" via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy (Vote or comment on this photo)

Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : Three skeletons found in 1892, from "Men of Barma Grande" via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy

Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : Old, 1899, drawing of the entrance to Balzi Rossi, from "Men of Barma Grande" via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy

Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : Location of the caves, captioned in French, from "Men of Barma Grande" via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy

Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : The original prehistoric museum, from "Men of Barma Grande" via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy

Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : Plan of Grotte du Prince, largest of the 15 caves here, from "Anthropologie" via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy

Balzi Rossi
Balzi Rossi submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the cave, also called "les Enfants " from the children's bones found here, from "Anthropologie.." via archive.org Site in Liguria Italy

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