Museo Geopaleontologico
The Museo Geopaleontologico sits within Lerici’s castle, a place where Italy’s deep time is made tangible. Opened in 1998, the museum gathered minerals and a substantial fossil collection from the Spezzino, Lunigiana, and nearby regions, reflecting the area’s ancient geologies and lifeways. It was housed in the castle’s rooms along Via Giuseppe Mazzini, in the province of La Spezia. A key origin story centers on a 12-year-old named Ilario Sirigu, who in 1987 discovered fossil tracks on a coastal alluvial plain. Teams from Rome and Pisa confirmed these as 220-million-year-old footprints, attributed to dinosaurs and other extinct creatures. This discovery helped spur the Castello di Lerici Consortium, which promoted both research and cultural activity. …
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