- Today, at the southern end of Lake Lugano, the Monte San Giorgio rises like a pyramid – inside, filled with all manner of fossils.
- Monte San Giorgio, memories from the sea. It emerged from the waters of the Tethys ocean lagoon, its imposing shape reminiscent of the pyramids.
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- Monte San Giorgio is a wooded mountain (1,097 m above sea level) of the Lugano Prealps, overlooking Lake Lugano in Switzerland.
- The Italian side of Monte San Giorgio became part of Unesco's World Heritage Sites in 2010 while the Swiss half has been since 2003.
- Itinerary: Meride - Monte San Giorgio (3.5h, see map). ... Rich in illustration panels, the trail twists around the Monte San Giorgio and on the Italian side.
- The quirky fossil museum of Monte San Giorgio others before me have reviewed has been upgraded and is now an informative 4 storey museum.
- 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.
- To get to the top of Monte San Giorgio, catch a bus from Mendrisio or a cable-car to Serpiano.
- In this way, petrified fossils of fish and marine reptiles, which were discovered in the various layers of Monte San Giorgio, were preserved there.