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the glacier created a landslide. the debris depositated at the bottom

A cyclopic landslide that occurred on Mount Bo (2071 m a.s.l.) in the 17th century, resulting in the detachment of large boulders. These boulders, some of which are massive, form the current landscape of the site.

It is a large sub-rounded rocky block that lies on the grassy clearing enclosed by the ruins of the medieval 'Castrum Capriarum'. It is a typical example of an erratic boulder, i.e. a large stone element that fell by landslide onto the surface of a glacier and was transported by it further downstream, even over distances of kilometres (diagram 1). Only with this mechanism is it possible to justify the presence of a rock block of a different lithological nature (metagranite) from that of the base and the adjacent slope, which consist of serpentinitic rocks.

A rocky hump that emerges some twenty metres from the alluvial plain of the Dora Riparia, on the border between the municipalities of Condove and Caprie in the Castellazzo region (Susa Valley).

These spurs present a markedly rounded top, with the flanks south-facing sides steep and smooth, while those exposed to the north connect to fertile plateaus, often elongated according to the direction of the valley axis.

It is a frontal morain, acting as a cliff for the Baltic coast