Pollino National Park:The Romito cave is a site dating back to the Upper Paleolithic containing one of the oldest evidence of prehistoric art in Italy


The Romito cave is a site dating back to the Upper Paleolithic containing one of the oldest evidence of prehistoric art in Italy, and one of the most important in Europe], located near Papasidero, in Calabria , province of Cosenza. Outside there are some rock carvings, among which the most important is a graffiti on a large boulder depicting a majestic bovid (Bos primigenius), and burials, dating back to about 11,000 years ago.


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Location: Papasidero, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
Photo credit: © RM Flavio Massari / Alamy / Afripics
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