Museums
Museo Cielo Aperto - Parco della Cava
An area reclaimed from an old quarry and redeveloped to showcase the fossil-rich deposits of the Valmarecchia, with a huge number of fossils found here, including fish that today swim only in tropical seas.
The Museo Cielo Aperto - Parco della Cava stands in an area reclaimed from an old quarry in Poggio Torriana and redeveloped to showcase the fossil-rich deposits of the Valmarecchia. Extensive excavations have brought to light more than 2,000 specimens, some of them of marine origin despite living in the Marecchia river. There are fossils of fish that today swim only in tropical seas.
Good to know
- The Parco della Cava is linked to Rimini by the Valmarecchia cycle path, which continues on to the Museo Mulino Sapignoli, Ponte Verucchio and the Santuario della Madonna di Saiano.
Photo credits - museipoggiotorriana.it
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