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

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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)