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  • Underground mining activity, historic photo from the Photographic Archive of the Centro di Documentazione delle Miniere di Lignite  di Cavriglia.zoom in altra finestra
  • Surface mining of lignite, photo in the Archivio Storico Fotografico del Centro di Documentazione delle Miniere di Lignite,i Cavriglia.zoom in altra finestra

Centro di Documentazione delle Miniere di Lignite - Museo delle Miniere [Lignite Mines Documentation Centre - Mine Museum]

The purpose of the Lignite Mines Documentation Centre is to illustrate the activities in the mines of Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni which have by now exhausted their deposits. The Museum sections exhibit several minerals, including a large block of lignite, and the instruments and materials necessary for mining. The Museum also has a library, an archive and a photographic library.

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Texts by Graziano Magrini

English translation by Victor Beard

Last update 24/gen/2008