{"id":2774,"date":"2026-05-13T13:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/?page_id=2774"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T13:40:58","slug":"fossili","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/fossili\/","title":{"rendered":"Fossils"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2774\" class=\"elementor elementor-2774\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34e20f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34e20f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b83848 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b83848\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fossili-3-1536x1227.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fossili-3.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a219076 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a219076\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abb414d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abb414d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"208\">The sediments that characterise the landscape of the Visone and Caramagna valleys were formed over the course of the \u201cgeological eras\u201d, between about 33 and 2.5 million years ago, in environments very different from today's.<\/p><p data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"350\">Besides the quarries in the Visone area, there are many sites of geological and cultural interest in the Visone and Caramagna valleys:<\/p><ul data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"1319\"><li data-section-id=\"14u8oct\" data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"497\"><strong data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"392\">Case Gazzo \/ Ponte Torrente Visone<\/strong>: a fossil site bearing witness to the ancient presence of the sea, through corals, bivalves and foraminifera.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"1d787g8\" data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"592\"><strong data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"529\">Il Fontanino di Grognardo<\/strong>: a thermal spring, a tourist destination since the early twentieth century.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"qivh0\" data-start=\"593\" data-end=\"769\"><strong data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"623\">Morbello, Case Cherpione<\/strong>: a site known for the discovery of numerous 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Maini\u201d Palaeontological Museum in Ovada.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"h025mp\" data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"991\"><strong data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"800\">Morbello, loc. Pianfolco<\/strong>: finds of numerous fossil plant remains, especially leaves, dating back more than 30,000,000 years, representative of a marshy-lacustrine environment and a temperate-humid climate.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"5borlc\" data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1133\"><strong data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1017\">La Tana di Morbello<\/strong>: the largest cave in the province of Alessandria, 350 m long. For visits: contact the CAI of Acqui Terme.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"8fkhw7\" data-start=\"1134\" data-end=\"1185\"><strong data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1174\">Loc. Vallosi, towards Cassinelle<\/strong>: badlands.<\/li><li data-section-id=\"htl0a\" data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1319\"><strong data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1202\">Cassinelle<\/strong>: rock crests where fossil remains such as shells and foraminifera of the genus <em data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1318\">Nummulites<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1347\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Carta-dei-siti-di-interesse-geologico-e-culturale.pdf\">Download the Map of the sites.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siti Geoturistici I sedimenti che caratterizzano il paesaggio delle valli Visone e Caramagna si sono formati nel corso delle \u201cere geologiche\u201d, tra 33 e 2,5 milioni di anni fa circa, in ambienti molto diversi da quello attuale. Oltre alle cave presenti sul territorio di Visone, sono molteplici i siti di interesse geologico e culturale delle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2774"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3986,"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2774\/revisions\/3986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomuseopietravisone.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}