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Vettarola Village and Pholidophorus Fossil Discovery Site

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Vettarola Village and Pholidophorus Fossil Discovery Site

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Vettarola Village and Pholidophorus Fossil Discovery Site

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Location: San Pellegrino Terme, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy

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1. Croce del Ronco – Medieval Bridge over the Bojone Stream loop from Vetta

12.4km

04:35

680m

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2. Castel Regina Summit – Lupi di Brembilla Hut loop from San Pellegrino Terme

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08:03

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3. Pizzo Cerro Summit and Chapel – Lupi di Brembilla Hut loop from San Pellegrino Terme

12.4km

04:21

630m

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Gianni F.

September 14, 2023

It was precisely in these areas that, in 1902, Antonio Baroni, the famous mountain guide from Sussia, accidentally spotted a stone with very particular traces during a walk.

Realizing its importance, he collected it and handed it over to Don Enrico Caffi, a naturalist from San Pellegrino Terme, who later became director of the Civic Museum of Natural Sciences of Bergamo, named after him.

The scholar recognized in that "stone" a fossil fish, five centimeters long, perfectly preserved, the "pholidophore", an extinct bony fish that lived in the Upper Triassic (about 210 million years ago).

In honor of Don Caffi the fossil, now preserved in the Civic Museum of Natural Sciences of Bergamo, took the name of "Pholidophorus Caffi".

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Gianni F.

September 14, 2023

Descending from Sussia to 979 m above sea level. there is the small village of Vettarola, characteristic with its small square and the road underpass created in the middle of a farmhouse.

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Location: San Pellegrino Terme, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy

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Vettarola Village and Pholidophorus Fossil Discovery Site

1. Croce del Ronco – Medieval Bridge over the Bojone Stream loop from Vetta

2. Castel Regina Summit – Lupi di Brembilla Hut loop from San Pellegrino Terme

3. Pizzo Cerro Summit and Chapel – Lupi di Brembilla Hut loop from San Pellegrino Terme

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