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Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio
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The mountain is the best testimonial to sea life from the Triassic period. The 240-million-year-old history of these forms of life can be experienced at the Museum of fossils in Meride.
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Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio today
Geological setting
The topography of Monte San Giorgio was created at the same time as the surrounding Alps, when, 95 millions years ...
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Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio
History
The finds at Monte San Giorgio provide clues about the origin of these organism. Tracing their development back, we reach their primal forms, which can ...
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Our heritage
Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio
What is your role of the museum this UNESCO World Heritage site
The Museum of Fossils of Meride, in which you can admire numerous fossils belonging to the living ...
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Education
Tectonic Arena Sardona
Tectonic Arena Sardona
The collision of Africa and Europe has piled up the Alps over millions of years. Nowhere else are the traces of these mighty forces as visible as in the mountain ...
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History, Culture and Religion
Abbey of St. Gall
Abbey of St. Gall
The striking cathedral forms an impressive historical ensemble along with the Abbey library and Abbey archive.
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