THE LITTLE MINE OF PORTO AZZURRO: A COMPULSORY DESTINATION FOR MINERAL ENTHUSIASTS. In our article L’ISOLA D’ELBA: UN PARADISO (QUASI) PERDUTO PER GLI APPASSIONATI DI MINERALI. we talked about the ceased mineral activity which beginning in the Etruscan Era had made the Island of Elba the main source of supply of iron for Italy. However…
DetailsA few decades ago, when the Island of Elba still hadn’t reached its current touristic development, Its east coast, from Cavo to Punta Calamita, had the highest concentration of mines present on Italian territory. The hills situated behind Rio Marina were devastated by the construction sites of one huge extraction area from which wonderful examples…
DetailsRALLY OF FIAT 124 SPORT SPIDER AT THE GROTTA DEL VENTO At the Grotta del Vento the vintage cars rallies continue at a rapid pace. After that of the Lancia Aprilia two Sundays past, on the 10th June it was the turn of the FIAT 124 sport spider. They are two completely different models: the…
DetailsOn Friday 12th at 15,40 hours and Saturday 13th at 15,45 hours the unique astronomical vision of the double sunset behind Monte Forato could be seen again just a few hundred metres from the Grotta del Vento. The solar disc went down to be partially covered by the natural arch, and then reappeared almost entirely…
DetailsAfter four snowfalls in Autumn, accompanied by very rigid temperatures (up to -5°C.) and after the rain which has characterized the Christmas holidays, at the Grotta del Vento the epiphany has brought a glimpse of Summer, or at least a warm Spring. The air current, which normally in Winter gets sucked from the touristic entrance…
Details. When in 1964 I went down to the Acheronte area for the first time, today a focal point of the 2nd itinerary, I knew that only the speleologists from Bologna had preceded me, they had explored a good part of the cave three years before in 1961. What I found out the following year…
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