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unusual facts about travertine


Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof

The floor of the lobby is made of Jurassic limestone tiles, and the walls are covered with Jurassic and Travertine panels.


Hanging Lake

The fragile shoreline of Hanging Lake is composed of travertine, created when dissolved limestone from the Mississippian period Leadville Formation (through which Dead Horse Creek flows) is deposited on rocks and logs, creating travertine layers.

Rastoke

All along the travertine barrier, houses and mills have been built in the unique style of this region, a combination of the architectural styles of the Dinaric and the Posavina region.

Roman theatre, Cartagena

The scaenae frons had three semicircular exedras and decorated by two orders of columns, with bases and capitals in Luni's marble, and shaft in pink travertine of Mula.

Saturnia

Pink and White Terraces in New Zealand were similar travertine terraces until they were covered in a volcanic eruption


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