Holidays in campiglia marittima

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Holidays in campiglia marittima

Around the remains of the village consists of the "Archaeological Park of San Silvestro", which provides different itineraries:
Mine Sharpener: path between old mine shafts and tunnels medieval sulphides, with traces of productive activities also of Etruscan.
Via del Sharpener: between the mine and the "Museums in the Park," discusses the history of mining in the area since the Etruscans.
Via Ferruzze: takes its name from "Ferruzze", accumulation of waste processing of the forties and reach the main monuments.
To these are added the via dei Lanzi, the way of porphyritic Filoni, the way of Manienti, and the Via delle Fonti.
At the entrance is an interesting industrial plant of the "Madonna della Fucinaia ovens", used in the time before the third century BC for the first stage of the processing of copper

If you want to relax you can immerse yourself in the Baths of Calidario Venturina, a source of hot water at 36 °, which feeds a pond, maybe it was frequented by the Etruscans, and certainly by the Romans. In the middle of the thirteenth century was the construction of a retaining wall for the waters of the pond.