Monte San Giorgio 2003-2023
20th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Site
Programme
EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS
Open doors at the Meride Museum on the occasion of the European Heritage Day entitled "Repair and reuse". Free guided tours at regular intervals and educational activities for children will be organised. Reservations can be made on the day at the museum reception. When: 09.09.2023 | 10.09.2023
INAUGURATION OF MERIDE BEACH
Presentation and inauguration of an innovative and exciting new experience in Virtual Reality, the only one of its kind. When: 23.09.2023 from 16:30 to 18:00
INAUGURATION OF THE BOOK, STORIA DELLA MINIERA TRE FONTANE
Presentation of the book published by the Fondazione del Monte San Giorgio. Followed by an excursion to Tre Fontane and Acqua del Ghiffo. When: 14.10.2023 afternoon
OPEN DOORS AT THE FOSSIL MUSEUM
Open doors at the Meride Museum. Free guided tours will be organised at regular intervals during the day. When: 09.09.2023 | 10.09.2023 from 09:00 to 17:00
Provider
Fossil Museum of the Monte San Giorgio
Via Bernardo Peyer 6866 Meride
On four floors, the great diversity of creatures that populated the sea and its coast in southern Ticino between 247 and 237 million years ago is presented. Thanks ...
Experience Triassic Park - Virtual Reality
Walk on the beach of Meride in the Middle Triassic period, 240 million years ago. Admire the animals that inhabited ...
Programme suggestion to discover the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Monte San Giorgio" in one day.
9:00 - 11:00 Fossil Museum Monte San Giorgio in Meride
Visit ...
The sea of Acqua del Ghiffo and Aula di Carpanee. An outdoor teaching station immersed in the forest.
A didactic classroom 30 minutes' walk from the village ...
In 1983, the Abbey Library, together with the entire Abbey District of St. Gall, was inscribed by UNESCO on the World Heritage List. This was followed in 2017 by ...
The medieval castles of Bellinzona – Castelgrande, Montebello
and Sasso Corbaro – have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage property since 2000. With ...