Key facts
- Floor elevation
- 1,883 m (6,178 ft)
- Area
- 1,335 km (515 mi )
- Native name
- Al Camònega ( Lombard )
- Rivers
- River Oglio
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Detalied map and position of Val Camonica in Lombardy Flag of Val Camonica Mount Concarena Map of Val Camonica (16th C., The Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museums) Rock engravings (an "astronaut" and a Camunian rose), Nadro Roman anphitheater at Cividate Camuno Portal of the parish church of St Siro, Capo di Ponte The castle at Breno Tower in Bienno Church of the Holy Trinity, Esine
Val Camonica or Valcamonica (Eastern Lombard: Al Camònega), also Valle Camonica and anglicized as Camonica Valley, is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, Italy. It extends about 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the Tonale Pass to Corna Trentapassi, in the commune of Pisogne near Lake Iseo. It has an area of about 1,335 km (515 mi) and 118,323 inhabitants. The River Oglio runs through it, rising at Ponte di Legno and flowing into Lake Iseo between Pisogne and Costa Volpino.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Val Camonica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.