Route 2 between the mining district
For those who want to spend more time exploring the mines we provide a map of some possible routes, not always easy, but certanly fascinating: Ancient Zolfare in Montallegro Mine Ciavolotta in Favara The mine La Grasta in Delia Gypsum quarries in Cat…
Route 1 – Mines: from the sulfur to the salt
Another archaeological itinerary, but concerning the industrial archaeology of the mines, to understand their most significant aspects in one go. We start in Caltanissetta, visiting the Mineralogical and Paleontological Museum of the Zolfara. After t…
CIMITERO DEI CARUSI
🔊 Listen 12 November 1881. Time: 6.00 AM. The sulphur mine of Gessolungo. Caltanissetta. 250 miners are descending into the mine like every morning. An explosion of firedamp starts a violent fire triggered by the flame of an acetylene lamp….
MUSEO MINERALOGICO, PALEONTOLOGICO E DELLA ZOLFARA SEBASTIANO MOTTURA
🔊 Listen A new structure, recently opened, currently hosts, in Viale della Ragione, the Mineralogical, Paleontological Museum of the Zolfara Sebastiano Mottura, best known as Museo mineralogico di Caltanissetta, that was previously located in…
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