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Pietra Borghese

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Pietra Borghese

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Please check local regulations for: Parco naturale regionale dell'Aveto

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    1. Rifugio Pratomollo – Passo della Spingarda loop from Santo Stefano d'Aveto

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    Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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    Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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    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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      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

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