Fuentelsaz Stratotype Interpretation Center

Interpretation center and Stratotype site

The purpose of the Interpretation Center Fuentelsaz stratotype, is to highlight the importance of this site, considered by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), as the most complete paleontological record and in the best study conditions for research in the world, on the transition between the lower and middle Jurassic.

The Fuentelsaz Stratotype was the first in Spain to be recognized as Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) by International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) integrated into the IUGS. Was proposed in 1994, accepted in 1998 and ratified in 2000, during the 31st International Geological Congress held in Rio de Janeiro. It competed with another section for the same limit, located in Wittnau, in Freiburg (southern Germany) and to break the tie, 32 specialists had to move to the place. It is, therefore, one of the great jewels of Spanish geological heritage and this Interpretation Center allows you to discover its importance and value.

In addition to the Stratotype Interpretation Center, aims to be a museum that makes known the richness of the archaeological heritage of the area, based on the Neolithic and Celtiberian sites found in the municipality, so that the visitor will be able to a journey from 175 million years ago, until the 2nd century AD.