We don't realise, but in our urban surroundings there are hidden riches which can help us to know more about the natural environment. We are inevitably bound up with nature; she offers us all the resources we need to carry out our daily life.

Without having to go to far places in the earth, we can find in our urban surroundings that are an accessible area, many varieties of sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic rocks and we can even find fossils of great quality. Another factor is that some of the constructions are evidence of the use that we have historically made of the materials offered us by nature, although this usually goes unnoticed.

The purpose of the Open-air Geology Museum “Rocks in the Street” is to bring out the values of world geo-diversity and the geological heritage of Andorra through the observation and study of elements belonging to our daily life; they have always been there and we have seen them, but now we can learn to see them in a different way. We invite you to take a stroll through the streets of Andorra la Vella, finding the panels with their explanations, designed to introduce you into the always interesting world of geology.

Rock garden

Located in the Parc Central, in this “Garden” you can find examples of the rocks which are found in Andorra.

The Rock Garden is accompanied by a series of panels which tell us about rocks in general, rocks in Andorra and their uses.

Geological itinerary

You start in Plaça Príncep Benlloch and continue through various streets of the parish.

The itinerary has several stopping places, always in front of a building. At each stop a panel asks you to observe a detail of the rock used in the building and gives explanations related with geology. 

Granite architecture itinerary

You start near the Plaça Príncep Benlloch and again continue through various streets in the capital.

This itinerary also has various stops where you are shown buildings which belong to “granite architecture”. At these stops, you will see typical features of this architectural current and its importance in the Andorran context. The granite architecture itinerary has been organised with the collaboration of the Inventory and Conservation Area of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Culture and Cooperation.