Sandro Montanari: the man, the myth, the legend

Frasassi: mapping, caves, beautiful views

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August 23rd 2015
We spent the past week working on a mapping project of the Frasassi area, to record different outcrops throughout the area of the varying limestones of the Marche region sedimentary succession. Basically, throughout the formation of the rocks that make up Italy, changes in temperature, oxygen levels and evolutionary changes caused a variety in the limestones that were deposited. Then when the Apen ... read more

Europe » Italy » Marche » Genga

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more