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10 Mines in Italy That You Shouldn't Miss
Coordinates: 43°N 12°E / 43°N 12°E / 43; 12
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1. Miniere D'oro della Val Toppa
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
2. Miniera Schilpario
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5.0 based on 273 reviews
3. Miniera di Cludinico
4. Miniera 4 Ossi
5. Su Zurfuru Mine
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5.0 based on 394 reviews
Il Sito Minerario di Su Zurfuru apre esclusivamente su prenotazione. Tutti i Giorni con orari 09.30/13.00 - 16.00/18.00.
6. Miniere Turistiche del Lago di Como
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5.0 based on 26 reviews
7. Museo del Carbone
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4.5 based on 505 reviews
8. Porto Flavia
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4.5 based on 747 reviews
Porto Flavia is one of Sardegna’s wonders. This extraordinary monument of industrial archaeology looms over an enchanting coastline, gifting visitors with a breathtaking vista of the thousand-shaded blue Masua sea, and on the evocative Pan di Zucchero sea stacks, a natural monument 133 metres (440 ft) tall. A genuine engineering masterpiece which improved miners’ life condition and reduced mineral transportation times and costs. The port was given its name by engineer Cesare Vecelli. He gave the port his daughter’s name. The port was operational until the 1960s.
Reviewed By eurasian73
I was lucky enough to walk-in on an off season day, and got in without reservation. I took the tour in Italian (being my first language), and the guide was excellent. (There was a tour in English, but I cannot vouch for that). Our guide was very knowledgeable and passionate, and her presentation was informative and pleasant (not mechanical as some guides who memorize the information). The parking area is just before and you have to walk a couple of minutes to the entrance. There is a food truck for snacks, sandwiches and drinks. I did not visit the public toilets but watched some other visitors not being impressed and turning away.
9. Miniera di Montevecchio
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4.5 based on 405 reviews
Essential part of Parco Geominerario Storico e Ambientale della Sardegna (Historical and Environmental Geo-mining Park of Sardinia)and of "European Geoparks", Montevecchio was honored as Destination of Excellence by the European Commission in 2011. You'll have the chance to admire the places where started the XIX century's Industrial revolution in Sardinia. From the humble dwellings of the workers to the luxurious palace of the direction, you'll enjoy an exciting tour among the old mine's remains and the nature with his typical inhabitants: the majestic Sardinian deer.
10. Il Parco Archeominerario di San Silvestro
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4.5 based on 501 reviews
Reviewed By Brun066 - Florence, Italy
Much has already been written by the reviewers around this park, which overall seems to me one of the best organized Italian cultural parks dedicated to mines. Here I would like to underline the role that has been assumed in promoting and then realizing this park by the archaeologists of the University of Siena, starting from 1970; and especially by prof. Riccardo Francovich (1946-2007), full professor of Medieval Archeology. Francovich conducted the excavation and organization of the scenic medieval mining village of Rocca San Silvestro, which today is the highest settlement in the Park territory, and an outstanding topographical reference point for it; and that, however, until 1984 it was not even recognized by the Italian national service for the protection of monuments ("Soprintendenza"). Gradually, around this focus of archaeological research and discovery, he promoted - also encountering great difficulties - also the enhancement of the post-medieval mining structures that are visited today; such as the "Temperino" mine, the Temperino-Lanzi mining tunnel, now crossed by the train for visitors and in the past by the mineral carts, the "Valle dei Lanzi" where the ore was worked. It seems important to me to be aware that what we visit is substantially due to the passionate commitment of one person.
