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Meride

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In 1973 Meride saw the opening of the Museum of Fossils of Monte San Giorgio, thanks to the committed efforts of the palaeontologists Emil Bernard Peyer and Kuhn-Schnider, professors at the University of Zurich.

When Meride was nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (officially recognised as such in July 2003), the town council wanted to commemorate the unique scientific value of the local area and so in 2006 asked the architect Mario Botta to design the new Monte San Giorgio Museum of Fossils and UNESCO Visitor Centre. The museum was inaugurated on the 13th of October 2012 and is run by the “Fondazione del Monte San Giorgio”.

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2'717'544E 1'083'242N

45.890583, 8.952903

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45°53'26.1"N 8°57'10.4"E

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