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GGN-EGN Revalidation
Mission Apuan Alps Regional Park, 24th-27th June 2011
eng. Martina Paskova (Czech
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Saturday
25.06.2011 The excursion about the Arni Valley geosites has passed the Vestito Pass, along the main road to Massa, where a beautiful panoramic view allows to see some major structures of the Apuan tectonic window. Dr. Ottria (National Research Council, Pisa) shows some of the major structures of the Apuan tectonic window.
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Saturday
25.06.2011 The visit to the "Pietro Pellegrini" Botanic Garden at Pian delle Fioba (Massa Municipality) has been guided by Dr. Maria Ansaldi of the Pisa University, Curator of the Botanical Garden itself. |
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Saturday
25.06.2011 A moment of intense interest to be part of the EGN-GGN Network during the meeting between the evaluators and the stakeholders of the aspiring Geopark, with the strong support of parliamentarians and several regional, provincial and local administrators. |
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Saturday
25.06.2011 The use of teaching tools in the Environmental Education Center in Vinca (Fivizzano Municipality).
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Saturday
25.06.2011 The visit to the Equi Terme karst-paleontological park has started from the "Buca" cave and karst spring, with the delegation overlooking from a natural terrace above the valley of Fagli Stream.
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Saturday
25.06.2011 The tour continued with a climb to the "Tecchia", a huge shelter under rock, with deposits of considerable paleontological and archaeological interest, due to the presence of remains of Würmian faunas and Mousterian-Neolithic stone industries. |
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Saturday
25.06.2011 After the visit to Equi Terme "Buca" and "Tecchia", the visit to the Equi Terme karst-paleontological park ends at the Caves Museum. |
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Saturday
25.06.2011 The busy day on Saturday ended with a short trip by car along the Solco d'Equi fluvio-glacial gorge, to reach - in Valtredi area - the lowest point (410 m asl), reached by a glacier during the last Ice Age. |
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Sunday
26.06.2011 The EGN evaluators in Levigliani (Stazzema Municipality), at the meeting of the summer holiday for kids "Discovering the Apuan Alps," before the start to the CAI (Italian Alpine Club) Mosceta mountain hut, while President Nardini explains the meaning of this educational experience. |
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Sunday
26.06.2011 EGN evaluators and the accompaining delegation, just before walking in the Levigliani Quicksilver Mine, while are observing the informative panel. |
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Sunday
26.06.2011 A guide of the Levigliani Quicksilver Mine accompanied the group with the evaluators within the mining gallery "Cava Romana". |
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Sunday
26.06.2011 The visit to the "Corchia Underground" System could not exclude the cultural tourist path of the Antro del Corchia speleological trail, where it is always a must a souvenir photo at its entrance; EGN evaluators at the center, the interpreter Federica Meacci (left) and Dr. Alessia Amorfini of the Park staff (right). |
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Sunday
26.06.2011 The large group with the evaluators in the Antro del Corchia, accompanied by guides of the "Corchia Underground" System, after viewing the environmental monitoring system managed by ARPAT (Regional Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany) and illustrated by Dr. Francesco Mantelli. |
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Sunday
26.06.2011 All Sunday afternoon was spent visiting the Offices and the new Visitor Center of Massa. |
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Sunday
26.06.2011 The Park Director – Dr. Antonio Bartelletti - illustrates the proposed boundaries for the Geopark of the Apuan Alps, in the cartographic and GIS room of the Park Offices in Massa. |
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Sunday
26.06.2011 The scientific library of the Park headquarters in Massa hosted the meeting with the evaluators to verify the documents and the self-assessment - presented by the Park Authority in November 2010 - in order to obtain the membership in the European and Global Geoparks Network. |
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Sunday
26.06.2011 Meanwhile, in the adjacent hall of the Visitor Center, the ranger-geologist Nicola Raffaelli tries to resolve the educational game with the rocks of the Apuan Alps. |
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Sunday
26.06.2011 A scene from of the final show of the evaluation mission, in front of the church of S. Niccolò in Pruno (Stazzema Municipality), with the "Errant Clerics" (from right to left in medieval costume: Antonio Bartelletti, Emanuele Guazzi, Cesare Tarabella, Carlotta Bartelletti and Marco Mangeruca) that performed songs and recited readings from the opera "Sisters larks, Wolf brother: Francis of Assisi and sang love for Nature". |
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