natural sites

The first beech forest added to the list of World Heritage Sites extended over 185 kilometers, from the Rachiv Mountains and the Chornohirskyi Ridge (in the Ukraine) until the Bukovec Mountains and Vihorlat (in Slovakia). This zone has one of …
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Lipari, Vulcano, Salina, Stromboli, Filicudi, Alicudi, Panarea: these are the seven Aeolian Islands that, like precious gems, rise above the sea, north-east of Sicily, in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. These are volcanic islands that have been gems of outstanding environmental …
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Mount Etna is the largest volcano in Europe and UNESCO world heritage site for its outstanding natural value in terms of geology and ecology. It is important for world science for it uninterrupted volcanic activity and the historic and scientific …
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Monte San Giorgio is an Italian-Swiss transnational site and the area of the UNESCO inscription is of exceptional geo-palaeontological interest due to the presence of numerous fossils from the Middle Triassic (242–230 million years ago) which allow to study the …
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[expand title=”Geological relevance. A journey in time: the birth of the Dolomites and the history of Earth”] The geological relevance of the Dolomites lies in the fact they tell an important part of the history of our Planet and reveal …
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