Poggio di Montieri, Mountain summit in Montieri, Italy

Poggio di Montieri is a mountain summit in the Colline Metallifere, in the province of Grosseto, southwest of Montieri's centre. At 1051 metres it is the massif's second-highest peak, 9 metres below the Cornate di Gerfalco. Its slopes lie in a zone of mineral resources worked since Etruscan times.

Mining in the Colline Metallifere around Poggio di Montieri dates to the Etruscan period, when the mineral deposits of this zone were already worked. The mountain stands southwest of Montieri in the province of Grosseto, and its slopes belong to that long-exploited ore district.

The slopes around Poggio di Montieri have been mined since Etruscan times, and the Colline Metallifere take their name from this ore wealth. Visitors still see traces of old workings in the woods, and the summit looks over the Cornate di Gerfalco, 9 metres higher and the massif's main peak.

The summit lies about 12.7 km southwest of Massa Marittima and just southwest of Montieri's centre, in Grosseto province. The surrounding slopes are mostly cultivated farmland with scattered woods, and the area is thinly populated, so carry your own water and supplies.

Poggio di Montieri is the second-highest summit of its massif, just 9 metres lower than the Cornate di Gerfalco, the highest point of the Colline Metallifere. Its slopes have been mined since Etruscan times for the area's mineral resources.