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Here is a wooden statue of a bear

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At the top of "Rocce Rosse" you'll have an amazing view: the southern part of Lago di Lugano is visible with Porto Ceresio. You can also have a picnic on the top of the rocks.

Also known as Caverna Generosa, it was discovered in 1988 by two speleologists of the Ticino Section who, traveling through the area in the summer, identified its opening. Given the small size of this opening, it had to be enlarged in any case to allow passage.

Just below the summit of Monte Orsa there is a gallery about a hundred meters long complete with 6 cannon emplacements. In January 2014 a cannon was positioned, overhauled and working in the movements, original from 1915.

The Rocce Rosse are colorful red porphyry outcrops of the Permian age (275 ± 8 Ma), called “Granofiro di Cuasso”, also known as “Red Porphyry of Cuasso”.

The fortifications of the Rocce Rosse are observation posts in caves, tunnels that pierce the mountain from side to side and artifacts that are part of the Cadorna Line

At this point is the famous fossil mine (World Heritage Site) of a world that has been past 240 million years. You can find out more about this on the sign next to the small mine entrance and the corresponding museum in Meride or Besano. The mine is famous for the variety of fossils that have been excavated.