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Location: Borzonasca, Genoa, Liguria, Italy

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1. Monte Penna Hut – Passo della Spingarda loop from Santo Stefano d'Aveto

36.7km

03:32

1,000m

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2. Passo della Spingarda – Monte Penna Hut loop from Borzonasca

37.6km

03:57

1,250m

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3. Faggio Tre Comuni Hut – Source of the Taro River loop from Giaiette

46.5km

05:16

1,390m

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MARCO

January 20, 2023

The Borghese Stone has a particular shape and structure that attracts lightning and resonates in a metallic way; in fact, it contains abundant magnetite that causes compasses to go crazy.

Many legends circulate about its origin: among these, one that depicts it as a meteorite with an ever-burning fire inside and the home of a gigantic snake.

In reality, it represents a true geological jewel: it is in fact an outcrop of peridotites.

We are talking about lherzolitic peridotites (the name derives from the Lherz Massif, an Alpine peridotite complex in the French Pyrenees), rocks from the subcontinental mantle that progressively rose, surfacing on the bottom of an ancient ocean (the Ligurian-Piedmont Ocean) during the extensional processes that caused it to open.

These rocks, radiometrically dated approximately 2.5 billion years, are among the oldest in Italy

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Emiliano Manzan

May 16, 2023

Pietra Borghese is a real geological jewel and represents the most beautiful peridotite outcrop in the entire Apennines. Its shape and particular characteristics have fueled a series of legends over the centuries that make this rocky mass one of the most mysterious places in the entire Aveto Regional Natural Park.

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Location: Borzonasca, Genoa, Liguria, Italy

Pietra Borghese

1. Monte Penna Hut – Passo della Spingarda loop from Santo Stefano d'Aveto

2. Passo della Spingarda – Monte Penna Hut loop from Borzonasca

3. Faggio Tre Comuni Hut – Source of the Taro River loop from Giaiette

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