On the way we were admiring thousands of orange trees full of fruit.
And all of a sudden we passed in front of a Trojan Horse decorating an antique store! We had no time to stop though!
We moved on and we passed a small town called Ligourio and having done my study of its history and sights I decided I would love to visit its Natural History Museum, as I love visiting this type of museums.
Imagine how great I felt when we found it immediately as it was on the road entering the town.It is a small private museum that has amazing collections of ammonites and minerals.
Fossilized shells
and fossilized fish.
A turtle head.
Shark teeth.
And lovely minerals.
Look at those colours!
And hubby's mineral collage.
Hubbie's favourite mineral is tiger eye so he bought me a bracelet made out of tiger eye beads.(Not pictured)
Also insects and butterflies.
And lots of shells.
My favourite ammonite was this one found at the area which had amazing various colourful minerals inside it.I had to buy a small ammonite. Not a local one. This one is from Madagascar and it is from the Jurasic period (208-152.000.000 years ago) Isn't its age unbelievable?
(Don't mind some photos that are sideways, I couldn't manage to turn them correctly for some reason!)
11 comments:
I looooove those photos!!!! I want to go to this museum, why haven't I been there????
My husband and I love geology! Great post thanks for sharing!
Δεν το ήξερα το μουσείο αλλά τώρα που είδα τις φωτογραφίες σου, σίγουρα θα το επισκεφθώ! Την καλησπέρα μου :)
Wonderful trip! That's a great purchase you made - now you'll always remember this holiday! :D
I m really, really impressed! I didn't know about the museum! I have to visit it for sure!
beautiful photos Ariadne - looks like you got to see a lot of artifacts and beautiful natural items! Id love to visit the Greek mainland one day...
Again, thanks for taking us with you! I love that Trojan horse!
Wow, what a gorgeous museum and your photos are awesome!
What a trip and photos dear Ariadne!!!:)
Thank you for sharing.:)
Hugs.:)
The multi-colored ammonite is spectacular! Thank you for sharing this.
This looks like a fantastic museum to visit, thanks so much for sharing it with us.
really seems to be a fantastic place to visit !
wow
I love those kind of museums !
and ho my...I'm so jealous f that blue sky =D
Never have a one like this here !!
xxx
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