The rock art engravings of the Valle Camonica are more than three thousand: a treasure brought to light thanks to the work and decennial study of many historians and researchers. A patrimony that makes the Valle Camonica the richest rock art river basin of all Europe.
The engravings are sparse all over the territory and represent, for many tourists, the most important cultural reason to visit the Valle Camonica. Therefore, each initiative regarding their recovery and dissemination represents not only a contribution to research on the life of ancient local people, but also a resource for tourism and economical promotion.
In the Parco Adamello, at the border with the Naquane National Park and the Rock Art Regional Reserve of Ceto-Cimbergo-Paspardo, there are many prehistoric evidences that deserve to be brought to light, appreciated as original, artistic, religious and daily expressions of the ancient inhabitants.
The high Valle Camonica, particularly the area between the communes of Berzo Demo and Edolo, is significant from this point of view: since the 4° millenium b.C. the priests-artists have attended regularly this territory, unique for its climatic and strategic characteristics, engraving numerous rocks.
Since the 50s there are news on the presence of engraved rocks in the commune of Sonico. Here, between 1987 and 1989, Ausilio Priuli and his assistants made a census, a research and study of over 40 engraved surfaces, connected to industrial and agrarian archaeology, sites with strong folkloristic and legendary elements, and with singular toponyms. The most significant rocks are those located at "Coren de le Fate", where there are several layers of signs: from those engraved between the 4° and 3° millenium b.C., to those of the 2° millenium b.C. (Bronze age) representing maps and layout plans, and finally those of the 1° millenium b.C. (Iron age) representing shovels and symbols that lead back to objects used during funeral rituals.
This way the project "Recovery and arrangement of the rock art area Corno delle Fate" was born, carried out by the Parco Adamello: a guided tour inside the prehistoric culture of the territory of Sonico. The starting point for the excursion to "Coren de le Fate" is in front of the town hall; the itinerary continues near the ancient town furnace and along the road once used to load it.

The project
The project was financed with funding from the state law on protected areas (L. 394/91). A naturalistic, archaeological and folkloristic ring itinerary was made, that focus on the area upstream of the inhabited center of Sonico, between "Cornel de l'aiva" and "Coren de le Fate".
The intervention regarded cleaning paths, reconstruction of small walls, making the most of some naturalistic features (birches, larches, chestnut trees, juniper and dog rose bushes) and arranging a spring: in fact, the presence of water can be connected to the religious and ritual activity of the entire site. At "Coren de le Fate" a hut-refuge was made to host the visitors of the itinerary, and to allow resting and reading the environment and the didactic and scientific documentation, useful to visit the engraved rocks.
In front of the town hall and along all the itinerary there are some showcases that illustrate the historic, cultural and environmental features of the surrounding landscape, together with ligneous stars decorated with symbols from the engravings, used to give out indications.
Furthermore, a pamphlet  (with a brief english translation) and also a pubblication were made, edited by Ausilio Priuli, regarding the rock art engravings of the territory of Sonico, comprising all the findings of anthropological importance: a good guide for visiting the itinerary.