The original summit cross at Sëurasas with the life-size figure of Christ comes from the young sculptors Vinzenz Peristi and Baptist Walpoth. It was fashioned out of Swiss pine in 1932 on that very spot on the mountain. The dramatic depiction of Jesus' emaciated body and anguished face is remarkable. Peristi fell during the Second World War, while Walpoth had already been killed in a hunting accident. There has been a replica in the place of the original since 1959. 

Arrowheads bear witness to hunting in the high mountains, which was still practiced in the Middle Bronze Age. These two arrowheads from Lech Sant, an Alpine Lake, on the Aschgleralm (Ladin Mastlé), together with other finds, indicate the significance of the location as a cult place where sacrificial burnt offerings were made. The colloquial name 'Heiliger See' (Holy Lake) and the legend of the submerged chapel in the lake keep the memory of pre-Christian mountain cults alive to this day. 

This small, rounded clay vessel was excavated on Picberg along with a handful of calcined bone remnants from animal sacrifices (cow, sheep). This find was probably in connection with a depositing ritual after a sacrificial ceremony carried out on a mountain top. The discovery site and altitude point towards an Iron Age fire sacrifice site. 

Fragments of several pitchers made of so-called 'Melaun ceramic' from the late Bronze Age were discovered at Lech Sant at Mastlé (Aschgleralm). These jugs feature girlands and small vertical borders going down the sides. They were principally used for religious rituals at cult sites or cremations as vessels for pouring special liquids. 

Submarine volcanic activity enriched water with silica (SiO2), allowing organisms with siliceous skeleton (such as radiolaria and sponges) to thrive. Their remains got mixed up with the calcareous mud at the bottom of the deep basins and were later dissolved by the waters circulating into the forming rock. Yet the dissolved silica remained inside the rock, eventually concentrating as chert nodules in the limestone.

This natural asset is part of the tour "Browsing through the rocks of the Secëda mountain".

Severe erosion of rocks by streams and rivers creates gravel and pebbles that are rounded off by the swirling water. These coarse clastic deposits can also go through a natural cementation process to form a conglomerate. The different colours of the debris indicate a wide source area featuring many different types of rock. 

This natural asset is part of the tour "Browsing through the rocks of the Secëda mountain".

Gypsum rock layers originate in a natural salt flat, a very shallow marine environment in a warm, dry climate. Evaporation concentrates salts in sea water until they precipitate, starting with sulphates (gypsum is CaSO4, calcium sulphate). The white layers that can be seen from the Seceda cable car are precisely the remains of these natural salt flats. 

This natural asset is part of the tour "Browsing through the rocks of the Secëda mountain".

The most famous fossil in Val Gardena is definitely the ichthyosaur found on the Secëda mountain. This large marine reptile, around 5 meters long, was the largest predator of its time (241-240 million years ago). As much of its skeleton is missing, it cannot definitely be allocated to a specific genus. Yet it remains a very significant discovery, as it is practically unique in the Early Ladinian period, a time of crisis for these marine reptiles.  

Ammonites were cephalopods, relatives of today's nautilus, octopus and squid. They are extinct now, but used to be among the most common organisms living in the Triassic seas. There are many examples of their fossilised remains, ranging from perfectly 3-dimensional to completely flattened. The rapid morphological changes in many groups make them an important tool in rock dating. Many species in fact only lived for a few thousand years.

This natural asset is part of the tour "Browsing through the rocks of the Secëda mountain".

Along with few other molluscs, the bivalve genus Claraia is among the organisms that best adapted to the critical environmental conditions of the coastal sea waters after the extinction event taking place 252 million years ago. Remains of other organisms are only occasionally found in association with Claraia, showing just how extreme the environment was. It was apparently the only one surviving under these conditions.

This natural asset is part of the tour "Browsing through the rocks of the Secëda mountain".