In the heart of Monti Prenestini there is a path full of outcrops palaeontological and geological importance. The trail connects the country with that of Genazzano Rocca di Cave and, especially towards the end, presents findings of great geological importance and in fact in the village of Rocca di Cave was made the Museum Geopalentologico -http: / / www.hipparcos.it/ dedicated to the great mountaineer "Arturo Desio.
-managed by the City Museum in collaboration with the Department of Geological Sciences University Three-Rome, has a large collection of fragments of various rocks from the most important and varied and fascinating, from Italy and from countries outside Europe
. The Museum is located in the fortress of the Colonna , dating from the tenth century in excellent condition and also the renovation has maintained the original medieval structure.
Adjacent to the museum there is also an astronomical observation station making observations of the night sky during the day and also available for groups of visitors and schools.
Adjacent to the museum there is also an astronomical observation station making observations of the night sky during the day and also available for groups of visitors and schools.
The trail starts from the pretty village of Genazzano and goes back to climb steeply and continuously to the side of the mountain for a total of about 600 meters uphill. During the climb
meet chestnut trees large, some cables, are sometimes isolated, such as "ancient patriarchs " and command respect and admiration.
The landscape is bathed in the colors of autumn, which always makes the most beautiful mountains.
Underfoot there is a soft carpet made of long leaves of chestnut trees mingle with the rich cargo of chestnuts, we stopped to pick some up when we begin to notice the outcrops of limestone rocks that attract our full attention.
As our guide explains the stretch richer in sediment is made up of fossils belonging to a coral reef in the period Cretaceous (Turonian age: about 75 million years ago).
appear esacoralli colonial fossils of Mesozoic . Remain at home in the hollow of the times these coral-like cells hive or branched, we can also see, even the remains of "rudist ( bivalve cone-shaped).
meet chestnut trees large, some cables, are sometimes isolated, such as "ancient patriarchs " and command respect and admiration.
The landscape is bathed in the colors of autumn, which always makes the most beautiful mountains.
Underfoot there is a soft carpet made of long leaves of chestnut trees mingle with the rich cargo of chestnuts, we stopped to pick some up when we begin to notice the outcrops of limestone rocks that attract our full attention.
As our guide explains the stretch richer in sediment is made up of fossils belonging to a coral reef in the period Cretaceous (Turonian age: about 75 million years ago).
appear esacoralli colonial fossils of Mesozoic . Remain at home in the hollow of the times these coral-like cells hive or branched, we can also see, even the remains of "rudist ( bivalve cone-shaped).
It 's a hot day and from the top of the fortress you can see almost all the mountain ranges of Lazio, also indicated by incisions, with the name of the Mountains and the direction, along the ledge of the highest terrace of Rocca.
am very evident Alban Hills to the east, the south-east Lepini and Simbruini west, all you can distinguish the highest peaks on which many of us have gone up.
am very evident Alban Hills to the east, the south-east Lepini and Simbruini west, all you can distinguish the highest peaks on which many of us have gone up.
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