Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro - Punto Museale di Volterra [Ecomuseum of Alabaster - Museum Station of Volterra]
The Ecomuseum of Alabaster purposes to study, preserve and valorise the characteristic alabaster activity of the area that embraces the Communes of Castellina Marittima, Santa Luce and Volterra. The museum station of Volterra proposes the alabaster manufacture and marketing itinerary from the Etruscans to the present day. One section is dedicated to techniques, and another to manufacture history.
Typology:
Address:
Volterra, Via de' Sarti
Geographic coordinates:
43.4029 - 10.8602
Historic-scientific interest:
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Texts by Graziano Magrini
English translation by Victor Beard
Last update 08/feb/2008