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(AVN) – Venice, August 14, 2023

“If the exceptional fossil geographical heritage, whose center is in the Val d’Alboni, has become known throughout the world, it is certainly also thanks to the incessant work of Luciano Fanzo and his extraordinary passion. From San Giovanni Illarione, his birthplace in the province of Verona, animated by the fire of the most sincere passion He developed his research by expanding on this unusual glimpse of the Verona region. Some call him an ‘amateur paleontologist’. He is simplistic, for me he was instead an extraordinary and brilliant example of a man of science. Fanzo’s discoveries were astounding, bringing him into the realm of science and knowledge even Many unknown species of fauna and flora, confined for millennia in lithograph boxes waiting for just the real ‘Indiana Jones’ to bring them out. Fanzo’s death came just days after Val d’Alpone’s UNESCO World Heritage nomination was approved: a process we will continue in his name as well.” .

These are the words of the President of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, upon hearing the news of the disappearance of Luciano Fanzo, a paleontologist who made available his discoveries and his passion for the preservation and protection of Veneto’s fossil geological heritage. .