The prehistoric stelae-statues in Italy can be found also in other parts of northern
Italy, along the Alps.
They can be divided into four main groups:
Group of AOSTA-SION (Val d'Aosta e Vallese of
Switzerland)
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Group of VALCAMONICA - VALTELLINA (NE of Lombardia)
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Group of LESSINIA (western Veneto)
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Group ATESTINO - BRENTONICO (Trentino Alto Adige)
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The stelae-statues of the Alps are quite different from those of Lunigiana. In the monuments of Tuscany the anthropomorphic traits
are stylized but always well depicted and evident while the weapons are few and not well
drawn.
On the contrary the statues of the Alps were realized using the opposite representing
strategy: the trait of the face and the arms are
absent or realized with extreme simplicity while weapons, jewels, belts and dresses are numerous and they are depicted with great realism and richness of
details.
On the other hand the group of Lessinia is composed by two small cylindrical idols
only, with rounded faces and without any other detail.
Two Monuments of the Atestino Group
We show here the two most important among the nine stelae-statues found in 1989 and 1990 at Arco,
near Riva del Garda, in the southern Trentino. They can be dated about at the third millennium b.C. as
the monuments of Lunigiana belonging to group A.
(Click the images to get the monument pages.)
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ARCO I |
ARCO IV |