Pietra di Bismantova

Coordinates: 44°25′11″N 10°24′37″E / 44.4198°N 10.4104°E / 44.4198; 10.4104
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Pietra di Bismantova seen from Croce, in the comune of Castelnovo ne' Monti.

The Pietra di Bismantova (literally Stone of Bismantova) is a geological formation (

National Park of the Appennino Tosco-Emiliano
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The spur is composed of yellowish calcarenite over a marl basement, all formed in the Miocene as a sea bottom. It includes fossils belonging to a tropical environment. It is surrounded by woods, mostly of hazel trees (Corylus avellana).

The Pietra di Bismantova is mentioned by Dante Alighieri in his Divine Comedy (Purgatory, IV, 25-30).[2][3]

See also

References

  1. OCLC 1047544962.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  2. ^ "Pietra Di Bismantova". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  3. OCLC 60223661
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44°25′11″N 10°24′37″E / 44.4198°N 10.4104°E / 44.4198; 10.4104

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