Discover Cava Molana in upper Val Graveglia, a former quarry featuring spectacular basalt pillow structures formed in an underwater environment, now part of an environmental restoration and educational preservation project....
Discover the open-pit quarry of Iscioli where ophicalcite is extracted — a breccia of serpentinite and white calcite with reddish veining, a prized ornamental stone used for cladding and decorative objects....
Discover the history of the Gambatesa Mine from its 1876 manganese discovery to its 2011 closure, highlighting technological innovations, wartime operations, and its transformation into an industrial heritage site in Liguria....
Discover the history of the Libiola Mine, Liguria’s most important copper mine, from its prehistoric origins to its 1962 closure, highlighting Roman exploitation, international companies, and its lasting industrial heritage....
Discover the history of the Monte Loreto Mine in Castiglione Chiavarese, from its origins in 3500 BC — the oldest copper mine in Western Europe — to its transformation into a mining archaeology museum in Liguria....
Discover the Reppia Mineralogical Museum in Val Graveglia, featuring a collection of local mineral specimens in a characteristic rural fondo. Information available from the Municipality of Ne....
Discover the small iron-copper deposit near Bargone, connected to the Gallinaria Mine and the Società Ligure Ramifera founded by Lorenzo Gardella, a key figure in local mining history....
Explore the ancient mining tunnels of Val di Spine along the Bargonasco River, historical evidence of nineteenth-century and earlier mineral exploration....
Explore the Casali mining site, featuring underground remains and possible prehistoric—Chalcolithic—exploitation, potentially contemporary with Monte Loreto in Liguria....
Discover a historic mining complex featuring surface and underground workings, documented in the 16th century and possibly dating back to the Romanesque period....