An annual event in Castell’Arquato, to talk about geology, paleontology, museums and protected areas, an opportunity to spend a day together in the “cradle” of the Pliocene.

Pliocene

Sunday 28 September 2025, from 10 a.m.
Palazzo del Podestà, Castell’Arquato

A conference for professionals and not only, with international guests, who present to the public the latest research in the field in Castell’Arquato, a medieval village whose geological and paleontological heritage has given its name to an entire period on the geological time scale: the Piacenziano. During the day, the Roll of Honour of the “Giuseppe Cortesi” Geological Museum will be officially awarded.

Booking confirmation by email is appreciated: info@museogeologico.it

Program

Giuseppe Cortesi: a biography

10.10 a.m
.Edited by Romano Guerra (University of Bologna)

Paleontology in support of archaeological research: field experiences in Egypt

10.40 a.m
.Edited by Fabio Bona (University of Milan)

Quaternary vertebrates in the collections of the Oltrepò Pavese Museum System

11.10 a.m
.Curated by Simona Guioli (Sistema Museale dell’Oltrepò Pavese)

Quaternary fossil avifauna: paleoecology and interactions between humans and avifauna in Prehistory

11.40 a.m
.Curated by Lisa Carrera (University of Ferrara)

Reconstruction and study of the skeleton of a giant specimen of Triceratops, North Dakota (USA)

12.10
p.m.Curated by Simone Maganuco (Civic Museum of Natural History of Milan)

Paleontology: new publications

12.40
p.m.To follow: official delivery of the Roll of Honor of the Geological Museum and buffet.

Contact: telephone + 39 0523 803215