Natural world · Evidence-led place record

Sesia Val Grande UNESCO Global Geopark

IT

Discover Candoglia’s pink marble quarries, the source of the iconic stone used in the Duomo of Milan.Hike along Cimalegna’s geological trail, a circular route with panels detailing the geological history, key outcrops, and soils of the Alps.Visit the remnants of the Sesia Supervolcano, where exposed crustal sections reveal the magmatic roots of a 280-million-year-old super eruption.

CategoryUNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
LocationIT
DatasetUNESCO Global Geoparks
Listed/year2015
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness95%
SignificanceGLOBAL GEOHERITAGE; 220,200 ha

The oddity, explained

Why is Sesia Val Grande UNESCO Global Geopark unusual?

Sesia Val Grande UNESCO Global Geopark appears here because the approved source classifies it as natural world. The source describes it as Discover Candoglia’s pink marble quarries, the source of the iconic stone used in the Duomo of Milan.Hike along Cimalegna’s geological trail, a circular route with panels detailing the geological history, key outcrops, and soils of the Alps.Visit the remnants of the Sesia Supervolcano, where exposed crustal sections reveal the magmatic roots of a 280-million-year-old super eruption. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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