• Monte San Giorgio, Lugano Önalplerinde, İsviçre'deki Lugano Gölü'ne bakan ormanlık bir dağdır (deniz seviyesinden 1,097 m yüksekliktedir).
  • (Zurich University Palaeontology Institute). Measuring around 40 centimetres, reptile-like Serpianosaurus fossils have been found in the rocks at Monte San Giorgio.
  • Monte San Giorgio is one of the most important fossil deposit in the world, for the Middle Triassic, a geological period which took place between 247 and 237...
  • Small excavations by Milanese paleontological societies in 1863 and 1878 provided more specific context on the paleontology of Monte San Giorgio.
  • Monte San Giorgio is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the fossil finds from the Triassic Period. These are on exhibit in the museum of Meride.
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  • Today, at the southern end of Lake Lugano, the Monte San Giorgio rises like a pyramid – inside, filled with all manner of fossils.
  • Bei Crocifisso sind wir zum Monte San Giorgio aufgestiegen. Von dieser Seite ist es steiler und etwas anspruchsvoller, insbesondere wenn der Boden nass ist.
  • The Swiss part of Monte San Giorgio was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2003, while the area in Italy was added in 2010.
  • In this way, petrified fossils of fish and marine reptiles, which were discovered in the various layers of Monte San Giorgio, were preserved there.