Visit Gavorrano

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The territory of the Metalliferous Hills in Maremma is naturally suitedslow tourism and soft mobility.
This app which is part of awider project involving the paths of the whole territoryof the Metalliferous Hills Park which is part of the World Network ofUNESCO geoparks, offers the possibility to discover by walking or goingby bike or on horseback one of the most fascinating Tuscan landscapes and stilllittle known.The project of the Municipality of Gavorrano and the Parco delle CollineMetallifere, it was made possible thanks to funding from the RDP2014-2020 LEADER METHOD Measure 7.4.2 and the G.A.L.
FAR MAREMMA.
The endof the project is to make available to all those whothey want to discover the medieval villages, the cultural and geological heritageand environment of this corner of Maremma.
The app will be implemented andcontinuously updated with all the usability services of theterritory that will gradually become fully operational.
The Park of the HillsMetallifere of which the Municipality of Gavorrano is part, was born from the willnot to disperse the history of mining and metallurgythat have occurred in the area for more than three millennia and thatthey have influenced the determination of their cultural landscape.
Theresafeguarding abandoned mining sites, integrated with significant resourcesnaturalistic and shining examples of architecture and artmedieval, abundantly existing in the area, make up the HillsMetalliferous an itinerary for a different tourism.
The leitmotif isthe rediscovery of the traces of the mines and the work underground, butalso the environmental value of the woods and wetlands and the greatrelevance of the geological heritage represented by significant geositesregional, national and international.