Description of the attraction
The Dolomitos Museum is located in the small town of San Candido in the popular ski resort of Alta Pusteria. Within the walls of this museum, you can feel like a real explorer and make an incredible journey into the past, to the very moment when the formation of the grandiose miracle of nature - the Dolomites - began. This journey, one of the most exciting on earth, will allow you to touch the secrets of the past, which will be told by silent fossils - eternal witnesses of how the landscapes, flora and fauna of this region have changed in different geological eras. The land on which the majestic Dolomites now rise was once the bottom of a tropical sea, inhabited for millions of years by only ammonites - spectacular coral formations. Then volcanoes began to erupt from the bottom of the oceans, which formed the modern landscape, and the lava from the eruptions forever preserved and preserved the remains of plants and animals that lived on earth in those distant eras.
In 1789-1790, the region of Alto Adige - South Tyrol was visited by Deodat de Dolomieux, who became the founder of the study of the Dolomites, consisting of dolomite rich in magnesia. Until now, these amazing mountains like a magnet attract scientists and researchers of nature. Also worthy of mention is Miss Ogilvy-Gordon, an English geologist who has studied rocks in La Valle and San Cassiano for many years. Many famous geologists of the last century dedicated their lives to the exploration of the bizarre and grandiose landscape of the Dolomites, while numerous rock climbers, enchanted by the local peaks, laid the first trails to the top of the mountains. But the variety and beauty of dolomite rocks and minerals attracted the attention of not only scientists and outdoor enthusiasts. These keepers of the secrets of the land, literally steeped in secrets and mysteries, have always been closely associated with legends and sagas passed down from generation to generation. These legends spoke of precious stones and their miraculous healing powers, as well as the Croderes, a mythical race known as the Sons of the Stones, and Aurora, the queen of light. You can still hear these ancient legends today in the villages scattered in the valleys of the Dolomites, and in the museum in San Candido. There you can also see with your own eyes a rich collection of fossil remains.
