What would you say if going up the ridge of a hill, 80 kilometers from the sea, you encountered a giant whale? It’s less unlikely than you think, and a nine-meter sculpture of a whale is exactly what hikers can encounter in the vicinity of Gorgognano, in the Zena Valley, about 30 kilometers from Bologna. The sculpture is a monument to an ancient whale whose remains were discovered in this unlikely spot. Between three and five million years ago, a Balaenoptera aucutorostrata rested for its last time on what was…
