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France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hiker over the hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of The Sorcerer on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hiker over the hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of The Sorcerer on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of The Sorcerer on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of The Sorcerer on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the chiappes yellow schist flagstones, hornlike figures observation in the company of archaeologist Nicoletta Bianchi
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the chiappes yellow schist flagstones, hornlike figures observation in the company of archaeologist Nicoletta Bianchi

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hikers on the trail GR 52 at the Merveilles Lake below the Baisse (pass) de Valmasque and the Mont Grand Capelet (2915 m) in the background left
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hikers on the trail GR 52 at the Merveilles Lake below the Baisse (pass) de Valmasque and the Mont Grand Capelet (2915 m) in the background left

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders), chamois next to the Rock of the Altar
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders), chamois next to the Rock of the Altar

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the Fourcat lake
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the Fourcat lake

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hiking trail along Upper Lake Long and Mont Grand Capelet (2915 m) in the background
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hiking trail along Upper Lake Long and Mont Grand Capelet (2915 m) in the background

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, molding of the engraved rock called the Headman the original of which was moved to the Merveilles Departmental Museum in Tende
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, molding of the engraved rock called the Headman the original of which was moved to the Merveilles Departmental Museum in Tende

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the chiappes yellow schist flagstones, linear etchings of a man with a dagger left and a spearhead right, a studded engraving of a dagger at the bottom
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the chiappes yellow schist flagstones, linear etchings of a man with a dagger left and a spearhead right, a studded engraving of a dagger at the bottom

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, chamois on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, chamois on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the chiappes yellow schist flagstones, hornlike figures observation in the company of archaeologist Nicoletta Bianchi
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the chiappes yellow schist flagstones, hornlike figures observation in the company of archaeologist Nicoletta Bianchi

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hikers on the trail GR 52
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hikers on the trail GR 52

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, Marmot (Marmota) known as siffleux in Quebec because when there is a danger, it emits a powerful whistle to alert other marmots that will then take refuge in their burrows
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, Marmot (Marmota) known as siffleux in Quebec because when there is a danger, it emits a powerful whistle to alert other marmots that will then take refuge in their burrows

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the archaeologist Nicoletta Bianchi studies the hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of the Christ
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the archaeologist Nicoletta Bianchi studies the hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of the Christ

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of the Christ
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of the Christ

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hikers on the trail GR 52 at the Merveilles Lake below the Baisse (pass) de Valmasque and the Mont Grand Capelet (2915 m) in the background left
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hikers on the trail GR 52 at the Merveilles Lake below the Baisse (pass) de Valmasque and the Mont Grand Capelet (2915 m) in the background left

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hikers gathered around the so called rock of The Sorcerer on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones and Mount Bego in the background
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hikers gathered around the so called rock of The Sorcerer on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones and Mount Bego in the background

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the chiappes yellow schist flagstones
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the chiappes yellow schist flagstones

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the glazed wall that borders the GR 52
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the glazed wall that borders the GR 52

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, young female Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, young female Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, schist flagstone called the Rock of the Altar, hornlike figures and daggers engravings
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, schist flagstone called the Rock of the Altar, hornlike figures and daggers engravings

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, Nicoletta Bianchi, PhD in prehistory, author of a thesis on the archaeological and chronological context of the proto-historic engravings of Mount Bego region
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, Nicoletta Bianchi, PhD in prehistory, author of a thesis on the archaeological and chronological context of the proto-historic engravings of Mount Bego region

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hikers on the trail GR 52 and Mount Bego (2872m) in the background
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hikers on the trail GR 52 and Mount Bego (2872m) in the background

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the archaeologist Nicoletta Bianchi studies the Roche de l’Eclat engraved with hornlike figures, daggers and a large checkerboard-like figure that could symbolize cultivated fields
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the archaeologist Nicoletta Bianchi studies the Roche de l’Eclat engraved with hornlike figures, daggers and a large checkerboard-like figure that could symbolize cultivated fields

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, schist flagstone called the Rock of the Altar engraved with hornlike figures, daggers, linear incisions and even stars which is unusual
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, schist flagstone called the Rock of the Altar engraved with hornlike figures, daggers, linear incisions and even stars which is unusual

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), hiker on the trail GR 52, the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age and the Paroi vitrifiée in the background
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), hiker on the trail GR 52, the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age and the Paroi vitrifiée in the background

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, trail GR 52 towards the Baisse (pass) de Valmasque and the Mont Grand Capelet (2915 m) in the background
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, trail GR 52 towards the Baisse (pass) de Valmasque and the Mont Grand Capelet (2915 m) in the background

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, schist flagstone at the foot of Mount Bego called the Rock of the Altar, it's engraved with hornlike figures, daggers, linear incisions and even stars which is unusual
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, schist flagstone at the foot of Mount Bego called the Rock of the Altar, it's engraved with hornlike figures, daggers, linear incisions and even stars which is unusual

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, chamois on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, chamois on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), vallon de la Minière (Miniere valley) below the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders)
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), vallon de la Minière (Miniere valley) below the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders)

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the chiappes yellow schist flagstones, the greatest hornlike figure of the valley and another hornlike figure probably representing an ox yoke and its ard plough
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the chiappes yellow schist flagstones, the greatest hornlike figure of the valley and another hornlike figure probably representing an ox yoke and its ard plough

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders), engraved ax probably from a historical epoch
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders), engraved ax probably from a historical epoch

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) towards the Pas de l'Arpette (Arpette pass), adult male chamois
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) towards the Pas de l'Arpette (Arpette pass), adult male chamois

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, Pas de l'Arpette (Arpette pass), the engraving called the zigzag arm Anthropomorphous, a checkerboard-like figure that could symbolize cultivated fields left and two daggers
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, Pas de l'Arpette (Arpette pass), the engraving called the zigzag arm Anthropomorphous, a checkerboard-like figure that could symbolize cultivated fields left and two daggers

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, Pas de l'Arpette (Arpette pass), the engraving called the zigzag arm Anthropomorphous and a checkerboard-like figure that could symbolize cultivated fields at the top
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, Pas de l'Arpette (Arpette pass), the engraving called the zigzag arm Anthropomorphous and a checkerboard-like figure that could symbolize cultivated fields at the top

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the Cime des Lacs (2510m) mountain
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, the Cime des Lacs (2510m) mountain

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, Pas de l'Arpette (Arpette pass), hiker approaching the engraving called the zigzag arm Anthropomorphous, a checkerboard-like figure that could symbolize cultivated fields left and two daggers
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, Pas de l'Arpette (Arpette pass), hiker approaching the engraving called the zigzag arm Anthropomorphous, a checkerboard-like figure that could symbolize cultivated fields left and two daggers

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, Long Lake on the left and Fourcat lake on the right
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, Long Lake on the left and Fourcat lake on the right

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of The Sorcerer on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age, hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of The Sorcerer on the chiappes yellow schist flagstones

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27/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), vallon de la Minière (Miniere valley) below the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders), hiking trail to Mount Bego (2872m) in the background
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), vallon de la Minière (Miniere valley) below the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders), hiking trail to Mount Bego (2872m) in the background

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), vallon de la Minière (Miniere valley) below the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders)
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), vallon de la Minière (Miniere valley) below the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders)

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age and the Merveilles Mount (2720m)
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders) scattered with thousands of rupestral engravings of the Bronze Age and the Merveilles Mount (2720m)

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, female Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, female Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), vallon de la Minière (Miniere valley) below the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders), trail on the slopes of Mount Bego
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), vallon de la Minière (Miniere valley) below the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders), trail on the slopes of Mount Bego

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Casterine valley towards Casterino, the young breeder of Brigasca sheep Céline Giordano and her flock
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Casterine valley towards Casterino, the young breeder of Brigasca sheep Céline Giordano and her flock

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Casterine valley towards Casterino, the young breeder of Brigasca sheep Céline Giordano with her three children and her flock
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Casterine valley towards Casterino, the young breeder of Brigasca sheep Céline Giordano with her three children and her flock

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Casterino in the Casterine valley, flock of sheep
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Casterino in the Casterine valley, flock of sheep

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Casterino in the Casterine valley, sheep hand milking in pastures, a goat gives a hug to the shepherd Georges Giordano
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Casterino in the Casterine valley, sheep hand milking in pastures, a goat gives a hug to the shepherd Georges Giordano

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Casterino in the Casterine valley, sheep hand milking in pastures by shepherds Celine and Georges Giordano
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Casterino in the Casterine valley, sheep hand milking in pastures by shepherds Celine and Georges Giordano

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28/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), hikers on the Valmasque valley trail, peaks of high Valmasque and cime de l'Agnel (2927m)
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), hikers on the Valmasque valley trail, peaks of high Valmasque and cime de l'Agnel (2927m)

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), hikers on the Valmasque river valley trail and the ice bolt in the background
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), hikers on the Valmasque river valley trail and the ice bolt in the background

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, trail built by the Italians under Mussolini and the valley
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, trail built by the Italians under Mussolini and the valley

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque river valley and peaks of high Valmasque, Alain Lanteri-Minet, guide and former park ranger
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque river valley and peaks of high Valmasque, Alain Lanteri-Minet, guide and former park ranger

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), hikers on the Valmasque river valley trail and the ice bolt in the background
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), hikers on the Valmasque river valley trail and the ice bolt in the background

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, female Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, female Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, waterfall in the ice bolt
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, waterfall in the ice bolt

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, hikers and a female Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, hikers and a female Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, Saxifraga florulenta endemic and emblematic of the Park
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, Saxifraga florulenta endemic and emblematic of the Park

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, hikers on the trail over the lac Vert (Green Lake) and the Valmasque mountain hut (FFCAM) at 2233m in the background
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, hikers on the trail over the lac Vert (Green Lake) and the Valmasque mountain hut (FFCAM) at 2233m in the background

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, Valmasque mountain hut (FFCAM) at 2233m, the guide and former park ranger Alain Lanteri-Minet left and the mountain hut keeper Michel Duranti right
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, Valmasque mountain hut (FFCAM) at 2233m, the guide and former park ranger Alain Lanteri-Minet left and the mountain hut keeper Michel Duranti right

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley,
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley,

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, perched village of Saorge
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, perched village of Saorge

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25/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Saorge, the belfry of Saint Sauveur parish church, the carillon being ringed by Bernard Duval also called Bena da Caranca
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Saorge, the belfry of Saint Sauveur parish church, the carillon being ringed by Bernard Duval also called Bena da Caranca

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26/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, perched village of Saorge, Saint-Sauveur (St. Saviour) church overlooks the valley
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, perched village of Saorge, Saint-Sauveur (St. Saviour) church overlooks the valley

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25/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, female Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, parc national du Mercantour (Mercantour National Park), Valmasque valley, female Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)

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29/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Collegiate Church of Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Our Lady of the Assumption) in a tangle of flagstone roofs
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley (Nice hinterland), at the foot of the Mercantour National Park, Tende, Collegiate Church of Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Our Lady of the Assumption) in a tangle of flagstone roofs

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26/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley, Tende, the Musee des Merveilles (Merveilles Departmental Museum), reconstruction of the costume of an Alpine men from 3200 years B.C.
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley, Tende, the Musee des Merveilles (Merveilles Departmental Museum), reconstruction of the costume of an Alpine men from 3200 years B.C.

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26/06/2016
France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley, Tende, the Musee des Merveilles, molding of a rock of the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Marvels) engraved with hornlike figures, hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of The Sorcerer
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    • France, Alpes-Maritimes, Roya Valley, Tende, the Musee des Merveilles, molding of a rock of the Vallee des Merveilles (Valley of Marvels) engraved with hornlike figures, hornlike anthropomorphized figure engraved on the so called rock of The Sorcerer

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26/06/2016