12 Jul The modern quarries of Fontanabuona
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While the world was preparing for the industrial revolution, the slate basin of Mount San Giacomo stagnated in the crisis...
12 Jul Cultivate or quarry?
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The San Giacomo quarryman, often the owner of arable land, alternates work in the quarries with agricultural activities...
12 Jul The cultivation of slate
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The cultivation of slate "with abandoned chambers and pillars" represented an ingenious solution to the challenges of extraction...
12 Jul The culture of effort
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Despite the harsh working conditions and risks, the quarrymen saw slate as an escape from poverty and hunger...
12 Jul The quarryman’s tools
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In the Ligurian hills, the slate quarry farmers relied on basic but robust machinery...
12 Jul The slate paths
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The paths of the Lavagna quarries are not only physical paths, but also historical testimonies of a tradition of hard work and...
12 Jul Slate: the sweet stone
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An essential element in the life and culture of Ligurian communities, slate is called "sweet stone" or "sweet rock"...
12 Jul The slate stonemasons
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Thanks to the skill of Ligurian stonemasons, slate not only performed a practical function, but was transformed into authentic works of art....
12 Jul Slate outcrops and histories
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slate has a thousand-year history, with deep roots dating back to the early Middle Ages and a growing importance in the Ligurian Tigullio...
12 Jul The slate over time
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Together with the olive trees and the sea, slate - very fine silt from the dinosaur era - is a distinctive elements of Tigullio...