Guided tours of the Copper Mine Museum | Montecatini Val di Cecina

Guided tours of the Mining Park: The tour includes Alfredo pit, gallery, former workshops. In summer, from Thursday to Sunday. The route does not present any particular difficulties. Suitable for all adults and children of at least 4 years of age. It is necessary to wear closed shoes and to bring something to cover oneself when walking through the gallery. There are stairs along the route. Small dogs must be carried.

Guided tour of the Mining Park and Descenderia: Please note: the descenderia descends to the fourth level on Saturdays and Sundays at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. via a staircase approximately 100 metres below ground level. The route is not accessible to persons with reduced mobility or those unable to move independently; it is accessible to children aged 12 and over if accompanied by at least one adult. Hiking shoes must be worn and something must be brought to cover oneself. Animals are not allowed. The guided tour of the descent is for a minimum of 2 persons and a maximum of 8 persons.

The archaeological site of the Copper Mine lies on the outskirts of Montecatini Val di Cecina in a splendid location. In operation until 1907, the area was the largest copper mine in Europe in the 19th century and gave its name to one of the major industries of the 20th century: Montecatini S.p.A., which later became Montedison, a historic milestone in the field of copper extraction. Of the entire mining complex, which dates back to Etruscan times, parts of the 19th-century tunnels can be visited today (the network originally extended for about 35 kilometres to a depth of 315 metres), as well as the Pozzo Alfredo tower with its lift “suspended above visitors” heads’, the former offices and chemical analysis laboratory, and the washing facilities