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[3] [4] The first site in Italy, the Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, was listed at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairo and Luxor, Egypt, in 1979. [5] Twenty-five Italian sites were added during the 1990s, including 10 sites added at the 21st session held in Naples in 1997. Italy has served as a member of the World ...
The al-Aziz rock crystal ewer is a Fatimid ewer vessel dated to c. 11th century Cairo. [1] It currently resides in the Treasury of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. The al-’Aziz ewer is carved from a single piece of rock crystal, standing at approximately 18 centimeters tall with a circular base 12.5 centimeters in diameter.
Tilted layers of sedimentary rock in the Rolle Pass in the Dolomites, Trentino. The geology of Italy includes mountain ranges such as the Alps and the Apennines formed from the uplift of igneous and primarily marine sedimentary rocks all formed since the Paleozoic. [1] Some active volcanoes are located in Insular Italy.
Pages in category "Rock-cut architecture of Italy" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. E. Ear of Dionysius
Faraglioni di Scopello, on the north coast of Castellammare del Golfo Faraglioni in Zagare Bay, Gargano National Park, Apulia. In Italian, faraglioni (pronounced [faraʎˈʎoːni]; Neapolitan: faragliune [faraʝˈʝuːnə]; singular faraglione in both languages) are stacks, coastal and oceanic rock formations eroded by waves.
The Rivoli Castle is a former Residence of the Royal House of Savoy in Rivoli (Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy). It is currently home to the Castello di Rivoli – Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, the museum of contemporary art of Turin. In 1997, it was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list along with 13 other residences of the House of ...
Emanuele Süss, Rock Carvings in the Valcamonica, 1954. Emmanuel Anati, Camonica Valley: A Depiction of Village in the Alps From Neolithic Times to the Birth of Christ as Revealed by Thousands of Newly found Rock Carvings, 1961. Emmanuel Anati, Evolution and style in Camunian rock art: An inquiry into the formation of European civilization, 1976.
Volcanic plugs of Italy (4 P) Pages in category "Rock formations of Italy" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.