Parco minerario di San Silvestro - Piccolo museo

The Parco archeominerario di San Silvestro (''Archaeological Mines Park of San Silvestro'') is a park in

Campiglia Marittima Campiglia Marittima is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about southeast of Livorno. Its toponym has been attested for the first time in 1004 as ''Campig ...

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

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. It was created following the excavation of the castle of

Rocca San Silvestro Rocca may refer to: *Rocca (surname) *Rocca (fortification), a fortifiable stronghold *Rocca (crater), a lunar crater *Rocca (French rapper) (born 1975), French–Colombian rapper Places ;Municipalities (''comuni'') of Italy * Rocca Canavese, ...

, a protected natural area of local interest of the Tuscany region established in 1995. It is part of the Val di Cornia parks. The park's features include: *Miner's Museum *Museum of Archaeology and Minerals *Museum of Mining Machinery *Temperino Mine *Gallery Lanzi-Temperino *Rocca di San Silvestro

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