#VALCAMONICA

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A Tribute to the Rock Art of Valcamonica

Life has been so much better since they showed up...

The months of the sun-season are over, and the days are getting colder. Your tribe came down from the higher peaks to seek out the caves you return to each snow. And there, you found them again - the dogs.

Your tribe's and them - you've been running on hunts more and more, as the cooler northern winds blow over the white slopes. You started cautious, many seasons past, but each seems to have learned to trust the other. Two legs and four legs, spear and fang - such hunts have proven bountiful...

But that's not what's making life better for you, is it?

The scent of cooking meat drew them to your fires, to your camps even outside of the hunts. But your offerings kept them, and now they come and go as they please. Even now, to the tribe's celebration of the sun-season's end, to the indulgence of pleasure...

And what pleasure...

Kwōn-cwēn, they're calling you now; the hound-woman. It's a quaint name, even a friendly jab. Not many in the tribe share your tastes, and those that do don't tend to eschew their fellow tribesmen as you do. But they accept you, of course - they even dedicated a part of their wall-murals to you, an appreciation of your curious nature. And curious you may be - but you wear it all with happiness, with pride.

For how can you deny what you love? Their beauty, the earnestness of their gaze. Their eager, indulgent tongues... Your spirit yearns during the flowers-season, when the dogs are away tending to their cubs. And at the site of the packs dancing across the snows as the days lengthen, your soul dances in your chest. For soon your lovers will come again.

And so, the celebration continues, the fires burning under a gaze of the sky-spirits. Under their watch, you indulge in the world they weave, and everything in it. For the others, that means each other, olive-skinned bodies rolling in the firelight. For you...

The touch of fur on skin is like no other.

Oh, what a tribe you may make one day, two legs living with four! What a pack you'll live in, eat in, and sleep in. Maybe one day, every tribesman could have the chance to share in the love of such beautiful beasts. Man's greatest friend, be it on the mountain slopes, on the sun-blanched plains...

Or in the caves, echoing with gasps and moans, as the fire burns on-

Both without, and within.

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Val Camonica, one of the largest valleys of the central Alps that runs across Brescia, Italy, is home to several dozens of rocks that bear the carving of a curious symbol now known as the Camunian Rose.

The design consists of some basic elements: nine cup-marks, which are always present and disposed in fixed forms, and a quadrilobate contour winding around them. There were determined three basic-types: the swastika type (its four arms bend of about 90°), the asymmetric-swastika type (two arms join together in a single bilobate arm) and the quadrilobate type (its arms are straight and symmetric).

The most frequent engraving related to the “camunian rose” is the warrior, which is usually placed on its side and is provided with a shield and a sword or a stick. The lasting of this link in the course of the centuries, both for the swastika and the quadrilobate type, points out its great importance for the motif interpretation and confirms the hypothesis that the two types have the same meaning. The “rose” – warrior link can be interpreted as a scene of defense or “adoration” towards the motif. It was certainly very important for the Iron Age warlike aristocracy and it had probably a strong symbolic value. In order to understand better the meaning of the “camunian rose” it is very important to bear in mind that the oldest is the swastika type and therefore we must find the original meaning just in it.

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Concorso per 1 dirigente medico (lombardia) AZIENDA SOCIO SANITARIA TERRITORIALE DELLA VALCAMONICA

Author: http://www.concorsi.it Data : 2025-02-11 20:47:00 Dominio: http://www.concorsi.it Leggi la notizia su: Concorsi.it LEGGI TUTTO I testi riportati sono gratuiti e non hanno carattere di ufficialità: ai sensi di legge l’unico testo definitivo, che prevale in caso di discordanza, è quello pubblicato a mezzo nome. CONCORSO CONCORSO Assunzione 1 Gazzetta Ufficiale Repubblica Italiana N. 12…

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Mostre / Dos dell’Arca: a Capo di Ponte, in Valle Camonica, 4.000 anni di storia tra archeologia e arte rupestre

Mostre / Dos dell’Arca: a Capo di Ponte, in Valle Camonica, 4.000 anni di storia tra archeologia e arte rupestre La mostra fa il punto su più di 60 anni di ricerche su uno dei contesti più interessanti per lo studio archeologico e per l’arte rupestre

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Mamma le Bratz che presentano il Noel Gallagher della sagra della fontina della Valcamonica

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Saint of the Day – 6 August – Saint Glisente (Died 796) Hermit, Soldier known in the region as “The Warrior on the Mountain.” Died on 7 August 796 on Mount Berzo near Berzo Inferiore, Italy of natural causes. Also known as – Glisente of Brescia, Glisento of Berzo, … of Valcamonica, … of Valle Comonica. Additional Memorial – 26 July (commemorates the theft and return of his Relics). Glisente was a valiant Commander of Charlemagne’s Army, until, after the defeat of the Lombards in Val Camonica on the slopes of Mortirolo, he asked his Sovereign to be released from his military duties in order to dedicate himself to the service of the Almighty in a life of prayer, penance and solitude.

(via Saint of the Day – 6 August – Saint Glisente (Died 796) Hermit, “The Warrior on the Mountain.” – AnaStpaul)

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"She had seen that the finger of Death was upon her bosom—that, like the Ephemeron, she had been made perfect in loveliness only to die; but the terrors of the grave to her lay solely in a consideration which she revealed to me, one evening at twilight, by the banks of the River of Silence."

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Isabella Casati newsstand, sculptor Enrico Butti Known as "The Dying", the bronze sculpture was created between 1890 and 1891 by the famous Varese sculptor Enrico Butti on commission from Count Gian Luigi Casati Brioschi, widower of the late Isabella, who died in childbirth in 1889 at just twenty-four years of age . The young woman, descendant of the noble Airoldi family of Robbiate, is portrayed in the moment of her passing, lying lifeless on her deathbed, covered with a cloth that leaves her breast exposed, on which a crucifix is placed. Her face is turned to the side of her, her eyes squeezed shut and strands of hair scattered across her pillow. The expression is relaxed and serene, of that peace that mysteriously comes after death. In the panel behind her, made of Simona della Valcamonica stone, there is a bronze disc in which angelic hosts are depicted who ideally accompany the young woman into the afterlife. The delicate sensuality that the sculpture transmits is truly touching, so much so that it makes it one of the most poignant and admired works of the Monumentale in Milan. A work suspended between realism and symbolism, it provoked more than one criticism at the time of its inauguration, as bare breasts were considered inappropriate for a funeral context.

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Il primo dei 14 treni, alimentati ad idrogeno, acquistati con i finanziamenti di Regione Lombardia è stato consegnato il 23 gennaio scorso e ha già iniziato i test propedeutici al collaudo. L’avvio del del servizio commerciale è previsto entro il primo semestre del 2026. Alla cerimonia di presentazione sono intervenuti il presidente di Regione Lombardia, Attilio Fontana, gli assessori Franco Lucente (Trasporti e Mobilità sostenibile) e Claudia Maria Terzi (Infrastrutture e Opere pubbliche), il sottogretario alla Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri Alessandro Morelli, il presidente di Ferrovienord Milano Andrea Gibelli, il consigliere delegato di FNM Fulvio Caradonna, il presidente di FNM Pier Antonio Rossetti, il neo amministratore delegato di Trenord Andrea Severini, il presidente di Alstom Michele Viale e il presidente di Sapio Alberto Dossi. Il deposito di Rovato, realizzato da Ferrovienord, è il primo sul territorio nazionale progettato e realizzato per la manutenzione dei treni a idrogeno e anche il primo dotato di impianto per il rifornimento di idrogeno per i treni. Il presidente di Regione Lombardia, Attilio Fontana, ha sottolineato che la prima Hydrogen Valley per la messa in funzione dei primi treni alimentati interamente a idrogeno fa parte del percorso di modernizzazione nei trasporti e nelle infrastrutture all’insegna della sostenibilità. "Negli ultimi anni abbiamo investito 1,7 miliardi di euro per 214 nuovi treni sulla rete regionale della Lombardia, che potrà contare su una flotta totalmente rinnovata". L’assessore Lucente ha sottolineato che "il progetto rientra tra quelli che mirano alla graduale decarbonizzazione dei trasporti, per un TPL a emissioni zero", mentre l’assessore Terzi ha aggiunto che "la trasformazione della Brescia-Iseo-Edolo nella prima linea ad idrogeno d’Italia apre nuove prospettive per il settore ferroviario a livello nazionale".  L’impiego dei treni a idrogeno in Valcamonica, lungo la linea non elettrificata Brescia-Iseo-Edolo di Ferrovienord e gestita da Trenord, fa parte del progetto H2iseO. I 14 nuovi treni a idrogeno andranno a sostituire l’intera flotta diesel oggi circolante. Tre impianti di produzione di idrogeno rinnovabile, senza emissioni di CO2, saranno realizzati a Iseo (con impiego di tecnologia Steam Reforming del biometano, energia elettrica rinnovabile e cattura della CO2), ad Edolo e a Brescia (con tecnologia a elettrolisi partendo da energia elettrica da fonte rinnovabile). I 4 impianti di rifornimento di idrogeno sorgeranno a Rovato (utilizzato per l’entrata in esercizio dei convogli e successivamente dedicato alle attività di manutenzione dei treni) e a Iseo, Edolo e Brescia (per lo stoccaggio e il rifornimento). I nuovi treni Coradia Stream H, basati sulla piattaforma dei treni regionali Coradia Stream, sono prodotti da Alstom e utilizzano l’idrogeno per generare elettricità, evitando l’emissione diretta di CO2 e mantenendo il comfort della variante elettrica. I treni, hanno una capacità di 240 posti a sedere e un’autonomia di oltre 600 km. L’investimento per il sito di Rovato è pari a 30 milioni, di cui 1 milione (relativo all’impianto di rifornimento di idrogeno) finanziato dal PNRR. Read the full article

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Cabinovia ad alta velocità in Valcamonica: il via ai lavori entro l’estate 2025

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Rock Drawings in Valcamonica

Valcamonica, situated in the mountainous area of the Lombardy region, has one of the world's greatest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs – more than 140,000 symbols and figures carved in the rock over a period of more than 8,000 years. Found on both sides of an entire valley, the petroglyphs depict themes connected to agriculture, deer hunting, duels, as well as geometric-symbolic figures.

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Concorso per 1 direttore (lombardia) AZIENDA SOCIO SANITARIA TERRITORIALE DELLA VALCAMONICA

Author: http://www.concorsi.it Data : 2025-01-03 21:39:00 Dominio: http://www.concorsi.it Leggi la notizia su: Concorsi.it LEGGI TUTTO AZIENDA SOCIO-SANITARIA TERRITORIALE DELLA VALCAMONICA – BRENO CONCORSO (Scad. 02-02-2025) Conferimento, per titoli e colloquio, dell’incarico di direttore della struttura complessa Pneumologia, nell’ambito del Dipartimento area medica. In esecuzione del decreto…

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Ma quanto è sottile la linea che divide solitude e loneliness? Ho cercato di scoprirla in questi giorni durante il cammino fatto in Valcamonica. Forse è più spessa di quanto si possa credere.

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Bienno, Valcamonica, North Italy

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Europe’s Oldest Map Shows Tiny Bronze Age Kingdom It’s about 4,000 years ago, and you are the ruler of a prosperous little Bronze Age kingdom at the end of the world. To celebrate your success, you commission a map of your bountiful domain: a stone slab 2.2 by 1.53 meters (6.5 by 5 feet), representing an area of 30 by 21 kilometers (19 by 13 miles). But all good things come to an end. You, or one of your successors, is buried with the slab—broken to indicate the overthrow of your dynasty. You have the last laugh, though. Your name and that of your little empire have been forgotten, but that slab is now recognized as Europe’s oldest map that can be matched to a territory—even if it took the supposedly clever scientists of the distant future more than a century to figure that out. In a nutshell, that is the story of the Saint-Bélec slab. In 1900, local archaeologist Paul du Châtellier retrieved it from a prehistoric burial mound in Finistère, the French department on the western edge of Brittany. (Its name means “end of the world.”) After unceremoniously gluing the pieces of the broken stone back together with concrete, Du Châtellier faithfully reproduced the markings on its surface for a report, in which he noted: “Some see a human form, others an animal one. Let’s not let our imagination get the better of us and let us wait for a Champollion [the Egyptologist who in 1822 deciphered the hieroglyphics, Ed.] to tell us what it says.” Du Châtellier had the stone, weighing more than a ton, moved to his ancestral home, Château de Kernuz, where he maintained a private museum. The slab was placed in a niche near the moat of the castle. After the amateur prehistorian’s death in 1911, his artifacts were acquired by France’s National Archeological Museum at Saint-Germain-en-Laye but remained on site. The stone languished in obscurity for decades. In 1994, researchers revisiting Du Châtellier’s original drawing found that the intricate markings on the stone looked a lot like a map. The stone itself, however, had gone missing. It was “rediscovered” in the castle cellar only in 2014. From 2017 to earlier this year, researchers from INRAP (France’s National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research) and other institutions carried out extensive research on the slab. Their conclusion was published in March 2021 in the Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française. And it is spectacular: This is the earliest known example in Europe of a map for which we can identify the territory it depicts. The slab was engraved in the early Bronze Age (2150–1600 B.C.), which makes it contemporaneous with the Nebra Sky Disk, a map of the cosmos discovered in Germany (but not conclusively identified with any particular constellations). Another famous prehistoric map, from Bedolina in Valcamonica (northern Italy), is dated later, to the Iron Age. The landscape it depicts has not been identified; possibly it is a purely imagined one. The Saint-Bélec slab is the first map of its kind and age that has been identified with a particular territory. The researchers found that the markings on the slab corresponded to the landscape of the Odet Valley, oriented east-north-east to west-south-west. Using geolocation technology, the researchers established that the territory represented on the slab bears an 80 percent accurate resemblance to an area around a 29-kilometer (18-mile) stretch of the Odet River. The map is centered on the present-day municipality of Roudouallec, in the neighboring department of Morbihan, but also includes the location of the burial mound in which it was found, more to the west in Leuhan, as well as the foothills of the Montagnes noires (“Black Mountains”). The surface of the slab had been worked to represent the terrain’s undulations—also making it Europe’s oldest 3D map. Lines correspond to river tributaries. Various other markings (circles, squares) are thought to represent parcelled fields, settlements, and/or burial mounds and perhaps the ancient road from Tronoën to Trégueux. A circular symbol near the source of the Odet (and those of two other rivers, the Isole and the Stêr Laër) may represent the local ruler’s residence. The early Bronze Age was the time when the first primitive states emerged in western Europe and along with them a network of commercial, cultural, and diplomatic exchanges. This was an interconnected world, and the sea that surrounds Brittany on three sides was a passageway, not a border. In local Breton graves of that time, objects have been found that originated in southern England and northern Spain. The study speculates that the map might have been made as an expression of political power. But prestige need not have been the only reason. The map may also have served as a land register, to keep track of who did what where—and how much they owed in tax as a consequence. Whichever purpose it served, the slab may have been in use for centuries, before it was placed in a grave and broken in situ—perhaps a deliberate act of iconoclasm, to indicate the end of the unnamed Bronze Age kingdom. Perhaps the broken map is even an echo of a wider societal change: the end of the Bronze Age kings altogether. After all, it would not be France without the occasional revolution. The original article, La carte et le territoire : la dalle gravée du Bronze ancien de Saint-Bélec (Leuhan, Finistère), can be previewed and purchased from the Société Préhistorique Française. For more background, see this interview with researchers Yvan Pailler and Clément Nicolas at INRAP (in French). This article originally appeared on Big Think, home of the brightest minds and biggest ideas of all time. 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