Bolca
Introduction


[thumb\|250px\|*[Archaeophis](/wiki/Archaeophis "Archaeophis") proavus* [Massalongo](/wiki/Abramo_Bartolommeo_Massalongo "Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo"). (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin)](/wiki/Image:Naturkundemuseum_Berlin_-_Archaeophis_proavus_Massalongo_-_Monte_Bolca.jpg "Naturkundemuseum Berlin - Archaeophis proavus Massalongo - Monte Bolca.jpg")
[thumb\|right\|250px\|Location of the province of Verona](/wiki/Image:Verona_posizione.png "Verona posizione.png")
[thumb\|250px\|*Eolates gracilis*, a fossil perch. (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin)](/wiki/Image:Lates_gracilis.jpg "Lates gracilis.jpg")

**Bolca** is a village in the [Veneto](/wiki/Veneto "Veneto"), on the southern margin of the [Italian](/wiki/Italy "Italy") [Alps](/wiki/Alps "Alps"). It is a  of the *[comune](/wiki/Comune "Comune")* of [Vestenanova](/wiki/Vestenanova "Vestenanova"), in the [province of Verona](/wiki/Province_of_Verona "Province of Verona"). The area is famous for the marine fossils from the [lagerstätte](/wiki/Lagerst%C3%A4tte "Lagerstätte") of *[Monte Bolca](/wiki/Monte_Bolca "Monte Bolca")*. It was one of the first fossil sites with high quality preservation known to Europeans, and is still an important source of fossils from the [Eocene](/wiki/Eocene "Eocene").


Where is Bolca located?