• 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...
  • ...[6] Another footpath connects Piossasco with Monte San Giorgio through the small church of San Valeriano, and can be used on the way back in.
  • To get to the top of Monte San Giorgio, catch a bus from Mendrisio or a cable-car to Serpiano.
  • Today, at the southern end of Lake Lugano, the Monte San Giorgio rises like a pyramid – inside, filled with all manner of fossils.
  • Consider things such as access and accommodation at the base of Monte San Giorgio, as well as the logistics of climbing to the summit.
  • Indicators. Monte San Giorgio. Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland.
  • Location and Values: Monte San Giorgio is a forested mountain on the shores of Lake Lugano, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy.
  • 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.