The Fossils of Bolca
Bolca, the town where the Fossil Museum is located, is about three kilometers from the structure. It is one of the sites of exceptional naturalistic, geological and paleontological interest, not territorially contiguous, that are part of the Lessinia Regional Natural Park. The area of the Park is mainly made up of sedimentary rocks (Main Dolomite, Grey Limestone Group, Oolitic Limestone Group, Ammonite Red, Maiolica, Venetian Red Scaglia) with a limited presence in the easternmost sector of volcanic nuclei (basalts and tuffs). The entire area, which emerged from the sea about 40 million years ago, has undergone the erosive action of water, ice (in the northernmost part) and wind over the centuries, which have shaped, engraved and perforated the limestone rocks, giving rise to visible karst phenomena.
The marine fossils present in great abundance and famous throughout the world testify to a rich geological history that makes the Lessini Mountains a very particular environment. The Molina Waterfalls, the Valley of the Sphinxes, the Columnar Basalts of San Giovanni Ilarione and the Roncà Strata, are just some of the areas of particular attraction enclosed in this territory.