Montecatini Val di Cecina, Italy

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Rank : 9.0 (average on 1 votes)

Coordinates : 43.392568, 10.749816 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : Small village extremely characteristic guarding the Val di Cecina. Very interesting the small town and the countryside of the surroundings, you can photograph naturalistic subjects and the characteristic corners of the country founded around 100 A.D. interesting in Summer months the visit to the now closed copper mine that gave rise to the Colossus Montedison.

Recommended equipment : Everything you can carry, from wide angle to tele. Recommended Stand

Best months : Spring and Autumn return the best colors but all year round is favorable for visits

How to get there : By car from Volterra, take a panoramic view in about 20 minutes and you will arrive on the spot (provincial Road of Monte Volterrano) by car from Pisa you follow GSC Fi Pi exit Volterra Ponsacco, then SR439, then SP32, it takes about an hour. By car from Livorno following via Aurelia , then sr68 finally SP32, it needs about an hour.

Visits : From April to September a paid visit of the mine of Caporciano or Camporciano (Pozzo Alfredo): Copper mine located in the immediate vicinity of the town of Montecatini Val di Cecina. Of Etruscan origin has been active, with mixed fortunes until 1907. In the nineteenth century was the largest copper mine in Europe, giving life to the company Montecatini Spa, then became, after the merger with Edison, the chemical-mining colossus Montedison. Today the internal and external structures of the mine are affected by a work of restoration and are part of the complex of the Museum of Mines.

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Sunrise: 05:39, Sunset: 21:01

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