Territorial heritage
The Colline Metallifere National Park, one of the first thematic parks to be set up in Italy, offers an experience that is hard to find elsewhere.
According to the Ministerial Decree establishing the Park (28/2/2002 by the Ministry of the Environment in application of Law 388/2000), the Park covers a total area of 25,000 hectares and includes 34 sites. Following the drafting of the Master Plan and entry into the European and Global Geoparks network under the patronage of UNESCO, the area has been extended to 1087 square kilometres (108,700 hectares, with 81 sites indicated) and includes seven municipalities in the north of the Province of Grosseto: Follonica, Gavorrano, Massa Marittima, Montieri, Monterotondo Marittimo, Roccastrada and Scarlino.
The area covered by CETS is considered to be the latter.
There are 34 sites identified by the decree:
- Mining Areas 21
- Metal and steel installations 5
- Medieval castles 4
- Transport installations 2
- Geothermal systems 2
34 in total
List of sites in the Metalliferous Hills National Park according to the Ministerial Decree of 2002 (28/2/2002 issued by the Ministry of the Environment in application of Law 388/2000)
Municipality | Definition | Area | Location | Site |
Monterotondo M. | Quarry | 1 | Monte Leo | Allumiere |
Monterotondo M. | Lake | 2 | San Federigo | Boraciferous Lake |
Monterotondo M. | Lake | 3 | Le Biancane | Lagoni |
Montieri | Mine | 4 | Poggio Mutti | Poggio Mutti Mine and Quarry, Romano Quarries, Montevecchio Mines |
Montieri | Mine | 5 | Montieri | Beato Giacomo Well, Buca delle Fate Mine, Buca delle Fate Quarry, Santa Barbara Gallery, Santa Maria Mine, Fonte Ghiacci Gallery, Leopoldo Well, La Polveriera |
Montieri | Mine, Ore Processing Plants | 6 | La Merse | Cagnano Mine, Bagnolo-Roste Mine, Pelagone Plant, Le Merse, Valle Buia Mine |
Montieri | Mine | 7 | Campiano | Campiano Mine, Ribudelli |
Montieri | Mine, Ore transport equipment | 8 | Boccheggiano | Pitordini Tunnel, Mulignoni Mine, Botroni Mine, Baciolo Mine, Dechars Hot Water Mine, Cavagigli Mine, Ballarino Mine, Rigagnolo Mine, L’Angolo Cableway Installations, Drainage Tunnel, La Torna Mine |
Massa M.ma | Medieval settlement | 9 | Rocchette Pannocchieschi | Castle |
Monterotondo M. | Medieval settlement | 10 | Cugnano | Castle |
Massa M.ma | Mine | 11 | Montebamboli | Montebamboli |
Massa M.ma | Medieval and modern mine shafts | 12 | Valle dello Stregaio | Stregaio Valley |
Massa M.ma | Mine, Ore Processing Plants | 13 | Niccioleta | Settlement basins 1-2-3, Poggio alla Madonna and Pozzo Rostan Landfills, Pozzo Rostan, Niccioleta mine, former recreational club, Pozzo Ovest, Pozzo Corvo, Scolo tunnel, Fontegrilli, Pozzo Tosi, La Stima |
Massa M.ma | Pre-industrial metallurgical plants | 14 | Marsiliana | Marsiliana |
Massa M.ma | Medieval settlement | 15 | Castellaccia | Castellaccia |
Massa M.ma | Steel processing plant | 16 | Valpiana | Valpiana |
Massa M.ma | Medieval and modern mine shafts | 17 | Serrabottini | Landfills, Ancient Pozzini |
Massa M.ma | Mine, Ore Processing Plants | 18 | Fenice Capanne | Carlo well, former flotation plants, Salerno well, Gustava-Speranza tunnel, tailings ponds, inert waste dumps. |
Massa M.ma | Mine | 19 | La Pesta | Well 4 |
Massa M.ma | Metallurgical plants | 20 | Accesa | Furnaces |
Follonica | Steel plant (blast furnace and ironworks) | 21 | Ex Ilva | Ex Ilva |
Scarlino | Transport equipment | 22 | Portiglioni | Shipping Centre |
Scarlino | Transport equipment | 23 | Scarlino Scalo | Storage and Shipping Centre |
Gavorrano | Coal Mine | 24 | Casteani | Casteani |
Gavorrano | Medieval settlement | 25 | Castel di Pietra | Castel di Pietra |
Gavorrano | Mine | 26 | Rigoloccio | Rigoloccio |
Gavorrano | Mine and Quarry | 27 | Pozzo Impero – Cava San Rocco | Pozzo Impero – Cava San Rocco |
Gavorrano | Mine, Ore processing plant | 28 | Pozzo Roma | Pozzo Roma |
Gavorrano | Mine, Ore processing plant | 29 | Ravi Marchi | Ravi Marchi |
Gavorrano | Mine | 30 | Val Maggiore | Val Maggiore |
Roccastrada | Steel plants (ironworks) | 31 | Fiume Farma | Ironworks |
Roccastrada | Mine | 32 | Roccatederighi | Roccatederighi Mine, Acquanera Mine |
Roccastrada | Medieval mine shafts | 33 | Poggio Mozzeto | Poggio Mozzeto |
Roccastrada | Coal mine | 34 | Ribolla | Ribolla |