🔊 Listen Many gypsum quarries have been found in the area of Montallegro. The soil that characterises such formations is of evaporitic nature. They are rocks of the species “Gessoso solfifera”. In Sicily, there are many karstic areas in the e…

🔊 Listen The Ciavolotta mine is an old sulphur mine located on a hill between Favara and Villaggio Mosè, which is a suburb of Agrigento. Its first proprietor was Cafisi Paolo and his heirs. The mine has been one of the major sulphur mines of…

🔊 Listen We have news of the La Grasta mine since mid-1800: until the ’30s of 1900, the solfara has been mined with the archaic method of the “archi, colonne e pasture” , exploiting the labour of the carusi who carried on their backs the mine…

🔊 Listen In a rather recent past, the Grotticelli and Falconera mines were the richest sulphur mines of Cianciana that, like other towns of the Mining District, based a good part of its economy on this mining wealth. These mines, abandoned ab…

🔊 Listen The gypsum calcare found in the Balilla area and at the foot of Monte San Calogero are ancient, round constructions for the storage of the gypsum rock mined from the quarries using explosives. After a combustion process with straw an…

🔊 Listen The Gaspa Mine is situated along the path that, bordering the lake and the river, goes from Villarosa’s Railway Station up to the village of Villapriolo. It is a sulphur mine that began its activity in 1700 and perhaps even before, m…

🔊 Listen The Respica-Pagliarello mine is an old solfara of Villarosa. It was mentioned for the first time in 1761, and its owner was the Duke of Villarosa, D. Placido Notarbartolo. In 1906, the mine was leased to the Trewhella company and to…

🔊 Listen Casteltermini’s history is double tied to that of the Cozzo Disi mine, one of the biggest sulphur mines in Italy, the driving force of the city’s economy, thanks to which, together with the contribution of many other mines scattered…

🔊 Listen Since 1992, Gabbara has been a protected area identified by Italia Nostra and the WWF, characterised by downy oaks and oaks. It includes an abandoned mining complex open to visits. In August, the area hosts an important musical event…

🔊 Listen The Apaforte and Stincone mine still shows its past sulphur extraction activity. It is probably one of the most ancient Sicilian mines, working since the 18th Century. Today, what is still visible and open to the public is represente…

🔊 Listen It is the largest sulphur mine of the Caltanissetta territory, and today, it represents also one of the most fascinating examples of industrial archaeology of the island. The mine dates back to 1730, when the Solfara Grande was opene…

🔊 Listen Approximately 2.5 Km from Realmonte, you can visit the rock salt mine that, together with the mine of Racalmuto and that of Petralia Soprana, is one of three Sicilian rock salt mines still active. The mine is renowned for the quality…

🔊 Listen Of the “big omega” of the sulphur vein of the Caltanissetta’s basin that unfolds through the mounts San Giuliano, Sabucina and Capodarso, (which remind an omega in the shape), the mine of Gessolungo is located on the highest point an…

🔊 Listen The name Saponaro Mine includes the five mines Saponaro Garibaldi, Saponaro Case Santi, Saponaro S. Francesco, Saponaro Redentore, and Saponaro S. Vincenzo, located in the same area of Caltanissetta. Today, of these five mines all is…

🔊 Listen On the right bank of the Imera River, just 3 kilometres away from the station bearing the same name, there is one of the most important sulphur mines in the middle of Sicily, the mine of Trabonella, which represents the most complete…

🔊 Listen Situated on a hill on the left bank of the low valley of the Salso River, the Muculufa mine was already active in 1839. Initially owned by Tasca Lucio, the solfara  was purchased by the company Società Valsalso, which owned various m…

🔊 Listen Racalmuto is a town of significant geological interest for the presence of the rock salt mine. Apparently, this salt bed, together with those of Realmonte and Petralia, is the third in the world still active. This mine is formed by a…

🔊 Listen The Solfara Stazzone (Stazzone mine), next to Montedoro in Località Stazzone, was a working mine property of the Caico brothers. It was already working in 1839, but today it is definitely closed.  

🔊 Listen Venue of the Museum of the Zolfara, it is the oldest of the area and belonged to the Caico family, one of the most influential families in town at the time of the intense Sicilian mining. There still is an ancient furnace used to pro…