Parco Archeominerario di San Silvestro
Parco Archeominerario di San Silvestro, Archaeological park and mining museum in Campiglia Marittima, Italy.
Description
Parco Archeominerario di San Silvestro is a 450-hectare site in the Tuscan countryside between Campiglia Marittima and Piombino with extensive mining tunnels and several museums. The grounds also include a medieval castle and various exhibition buildings spread across the large park area.
History
The settlement was founded in the 10th century by the Gherardesca counts to exploit silver, copper, and lead deposits in the region. Mining shaped the development of this area for hundreds of years.
Culture
The mining equipment museum displays tools and personal items from workers who labored in these mines under difficult conditions. These collections show the daily work and skills of those who extracted minerals from the earth.
Practical
The site is best explored through guided tours where visitors wear safety helmets and descend into the mining tunnels. A train travels through the original transport tunnel and connects different areas of the park, making it easier to visit all the museums and points of interest.
Did you know?
A yellow train with a historic appearance carries visitors through an original mine transport tunnel that once brought raw materials from the Valle del Temperino extraction site to processing facilities in Valle Lanzi. This journey offers a direct sense of how important this transport route was to the mining industry.
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