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Cover image for book Alpine History, Worship and Visual Arts of Valcamonica: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Alpine History, Worship and Visual Arts of Valcamonica: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

By:Monica Pavese Rubins
Publisher:Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Print ISBN:9781036469344
eText ISBN:9781036469351
Edition:1
Copyright:2026
Format:Page Fidelity

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This book highlights all questions connected to the presence of specific female deities – as for example the Goddess Isis - in Valcamonica, where the local culture and economy have been linked to the surrounding mountains from Prehistory onwards. Today, the valley’s Rock Art is listed as a #94 UNESCO World Heritage Site, with ancestral habits and worship prospering through the centuries up to medieval and post-medieval times. Therefore, the visual and religious art has intersected local traditions, beliefs and official religion through the centuries.