Urban fossils of Madrid

6 Cascorro Square

Rosa Duquesa Stone
Location: lower part of the façade
Rock: limestone
Age: Cretaceous
Fossils: corals
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Lower part of the façade clad in Rosa Duquesa limestone

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Rosa Duquesa slab

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Cross sections of corals

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Cross section of a coral

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Detail of a coral colony