Parco Archeologico Comunale di Seradina-Bedolina - Collezione Battista Maffessoli

Instituted in 2005 the City Archaeological Park of Seradina and Bedolina preserves a lot of engraved rocks with, principally, single figures, men with weapons also on horses, hunting beatings, plough scenes. These carvings have been dated, mostly, between Bronze Age (2000 b.C.) and Iron Age (1000 b.C.). In the highest zone of the Park (Bedolina) it is possible to admire the famous “Map of Bedolina”, probably a topographic reproduction of the around territory. Inside the Park there are five different itineraries consisting of easy paths plunged in the nature that visitors can follow in order to discover the sectors the Park consists in.
From the second half of the last century, Baptist Maffessoli (1930-2006), a singular figure of "carpenter-artist" in Capo di Ponte, was a privileged witness to the research on the rock carvings of Valcamonica, representing a sort of "Union" among the academic world of research, local reality and places that have attracted greater interest in the richness of archaeological heritage. Since the early 1950s, it has gained the fame of great enthusiastic and soon became a point of reference for collecting documentary material on engravings, including chalk molds. During fifty years of activity, Battista Maffessoli has left us 276 molds (almost all negative copies) in chalk, some large and featuring remarkable subjects (often coming from hard-to-reach places or unfortunately totally unrecognized places) A selection of them (about 60 pieces) is the subject of an exhibition helding inside the Park of Seradina, entitled "My Engravings".
Moreover the particular micro-climate characterizing this area permits the growth of uncommon natural species such as Opuntia Compressa (a little Indian fig).
This context was considered, by prehistoric tribes, as an holy one and the mountains protecting the area (Pizzo Badile and Concarena), during special periods of the year, “play” with sun and its rays, producing light tricks.