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Matteo Bernasconi
August 22, 2018
Hiking
This place is an ancient stone quarry. Here the stones of Caprino were extracted, a very hard stone used at that time to build Lugano's houses .
The stones were transported with large boats to the river Cassarate on the opposite side of the lake.
The stones were transported with large boats to the river Cassarate on the opposite side of the lake.
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Elevation 360 m
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