Yesterday we visited the Natural Science Museum. It's not too big but it has a long history and quite interesting collections. Francesco Calzolari, a veronese chemist, was among the first in Europe to establish a small natural science museum in the sixteenth century. Throughout the centuries other naturalists continued to care for and improve the original collection.
There is a huge collection of fossils from Bolca which show that millions of years ago the whole Pianura Padana was sea!
This photo shows another stunning piece: the skeleton head of a huge Mammouth found a few km from Verona!
OH MY! A mammouth! That's pretty amazing. Bravo Verona!!
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Heee, we often used to go there. Worth a visit!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, I'd like to visit such place, good to know where to find it:)
ReplyDeleteIt seems be a interesting place.
ReplyDeleteI can stay there all day long.
That is an impressive Mammouth skull. I like the way it was presented so people can see it from the sides as well, instead of being placed inside a flat glass display against the wall.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree that this is a splendid way to present the skeleton! I like how you framed this too.
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