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Natural PlacesSite Name: Balzi RossiCountry: Italy
NOTE: This site is 10.976 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
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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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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