Museo Geopaleontologico

The Museo Geopaleontologico anchors Lerici’s Castello with an unexpected focus: ancient life and the planet’s deep history. Opened in 1998 and housed in the castle’s rooms, it gathered minerals and a substantial fossil collection from the Spezzino area and neighboring zones, illustrating a long natural narrative from millions of years ago. The site sits within the castle at Lerici, along the Ligurian coast, and is part of the PANGEA network of natural history museums. A central thread here is the Olivola quarry near Aulla, long explored since the 19th century, which supplied much of the castello’s material, including notable cave bear remains. …

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