09 Apr Val di Spine Mine
Explore the ancient mining tunnels of Val di Spine along the Bargonasco River, historical evidence of nineteenth-century and earlier mineral exploration....
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....
Explore the Bonelli Concession, a multi-level mining site active from around 1885, located in an area with confirmed prehistoric occupation at the nearby Sesco site....
Explore the mining area at the foot of Monte Zatta, featuring numerous copper occurrences, underground entrances, and small local entrepreneurial initiatives....
Discover the Molinello site in the Gambatesa Nuova concession, featuring tunnels, open-pit excavations, and industrial archaeology remains, closed in 1995....
Explore the Gambatesa Nuova mining site, northeast of Gambatesa, with underground tunnels, compressors, air tanks, and railway sections, symbolizing the local mining history....
Discover the Bargonasco hydroelectric plant, a unique example of industrial archaeology in the Ligurian Riviera, built by Lorenzo Gardella and bringing electric lighting to Sestri Levante in 1901....
Explore the manganese mining area in Val Graveglia, featuring tunnels, trenches, and historic stone structures used for sorting and storing the ore....
Discover the history of the Gambatesa Nuova crushing and enrichment plant, active from the 1950s using the “Sink & Float” method to process manganese ore....