Monte San Giorgio

Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio, shown on the left in the background of Lake Lugano
Highest point
Elevation	1,097 m (3,599 ft)
Prominence	758 m (2,487 ft)^[1]
Isolation	3.38 km (2.10 mi)
Coordinates	45°54′49″N 8°56′59″E / 45.91361°N 8.94972°E / 45.91361; 8.94972Coordinates: 45°54′49″N 8°56′59″E / 45.91361°N 8.94972°E / 45.91361; 8.94972
Geography
Monte San Giorgio Location in Switzerland
Location	Ticino, Switzerland
Parent range	Lugano Prealps
Topo map	Swisstopo 1373 Mendrisio
Climbing
Easiest route	Trail

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Monte San Giorgio
Type	Natural
Criteria	viii
Designated	2003 (27th session)
Reference no.	1090
State Party	Switzerland-Italy
Region	Europe and North America
Extensions	2010

Monte San Giorgio is a wooded mountain (1,097 m above sea level) of the Lugano Prealps, overlooking Lake Lugano in Switzerland. It lies in the southern part of the canton of Ticino, between the municipalities of Brusino Arsizio, Riva San Vitale and Meride. Monte San Giorgio became a UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2003, because it "is the single best known record of marine life in the Middle Triassic period, and records important remains of life on land as well."^[2] The Italian region west of Poncione d'Arzo (Porto Ceresio) was added as an extension to the World Heritage Site in 2010.

In Meride is the Museum of fossils from Monte San Giorgio, designed by the Ticinese architect Mario Botta.

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External links[]

Media related to Monte San Giorgio at Wikimedia Commons
Monte San Giorgio on Hikr
World Heritage official website
Museum of fossils from Monte San Giorgio in Meride
World heritage site of Monte San Giorgio

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¹ Shared with Switzerland ² Shared with the Holy See ³ Shared with Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia, and Switzerland ⁴ Shared with Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine ⁵ Shared with Croatia and Montenegro

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