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SIRO, THE SIROLOSAURUS

During research on the area in 2015, the senior archaeologist Luca Natali made a startling discovery on the cliffs above Due Sorelle Beach: namely, a series of 11 impressions of about 8-15 cm in length and 15-25 cm in width were discovered.

Following subsequent studies performed together with a research team from the University of Camerino, it was agreed that such ichnofossils were imprinted about 110 million years ago by the fore-paddles of a Lower Cretaceous unidentified marine tetrapod.

Thanks to this finding of exceptional value, Monte Conero has become one of the three worldwide sites featuring emerged ichnofossils of a marine reptile.

The author of the footprints was named “Siro” in honor of Sirolo – and soon became its mascot.

sirolosauro

The sunken wrecks: Potho and Nicole

area_archeologica

Archaeological site “I Pini”

Cortesi Theatre

Villa Vetta Marina

Church of the Holy Rosary

Church of St. Nicholas from Bari

Sirolo-Stemma

COMUNE DI SIROLO

piazza Giovanni da Sirolo, 1
60020 Sirolo AN
Tel. +39 071 9330 572

PROLOCO SIROLO

Via Giulietti 74
60020 Sirolo AN
Tel. +39 071 9332065
proloco.sirolo@gmail.com

IAT SIROLO

Piazza Vittorio Veneto
60020 Sirolo AN
Tel. +39 071 2513264
info@sirolo.marche.it

RIVIERA DEL CONERO
E COLLI DELL’INFINITO

Via Peschiera, 30/a
60020 Sirolo AN
Tel. + 39 071 933 2270
info@conero.info

PARCO NATURALE
DEL CONERO

Via Peschiera, 30
60020 Sirolo AN
Tel. + 39 071 933 1161
info@conerovisite.it

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