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Colonnari basalts at the Cuccur'e Zeppara quarry

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Colonnari basalts at the Cuccur'e Zeppara quarry

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  • Location: Gùspini/Guspini, Sud Sardegna, Sardinia, Italy

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    October 11, 2025

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    On the Cuccur'e Zeppara hill, now incorporated into the town of Guspini, you can admire a spectacular wall of basalt prisms up to twenty meters high, perfectly arranged like organ pipes. The formation, created by the slow cooling of lava from an ancient volcanic cone, is considered one of the clearest in Italy and Europe.
    Declared a natural monument, the quarry can be visited via a short trail that allows for a close-up view of this rare geological feature, similar in shape to be seen only in Sicily, Veneto, Iceland, and a few other places in the world.
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