{"id":8823,"date":"2023-05-22T15:18:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/amiata\/santa-fiora\/museum-of-the-mercury-mines-of-monte-amiata\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T15:23:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:23:19","slug":"museum-of-the-mercury-mines-of-monte-amiata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/amiata\/santa-fiora\/museum-of-the-mercury-mines-of-monte-amiata\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum of the Mercury Mines of Monte Amiata"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8823\" class=\"elementor elementor-8823 elementor-3353\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e30a32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e30a32\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6bae69\" data-id=\"a6bae69\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc4cb68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc4cb68\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb8e860\" data-id=\"cb8e860\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e49cc7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e49cc7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1263 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/maremma.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f3_43_MuseodelleMinierediMercurio_039-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maremma.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f3_43_MuseodelleMinierediMercurio_039-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maremma.name\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/f3_43_MuseodelleMinierediMercurio_039.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Museum of the Mercury Mines of Monte Amiata<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Occupying the entire ground floor of Palazzo Sforza-Cesarini, this museum exhibits everything that has to do with the history and mining tradition that shaped Monte Amiata between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with particular attention to the territory between Santa Fiora and Castell&#8217;Azzara.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The museum recreates mercury research and extraction techniques, starting from the oldest to the most modern. It also has a large collection of tools and equipment used by local miners, as well as a reconstruction of the underground shafts.<br \/>Among the other mining memorabilia on display are old documents and photos that trace the passionate strikes held by workers over the centuries in the hope of improving their working conditions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c08f57\" data-id=\"8c08f57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf6b267 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf6b267\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6309d2\" data-id=\"a6309d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-765140d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"765140d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">contact details<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ef0b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52ef0b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historic center, Piazza Garibaldi 25 \u2013 Santa Fiora?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e5150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2e5150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">? 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