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Valle Imperina Mining Center

Location: Valle Imperina - Municipality of Rivamonte Agordino (Bl).

Access: situated at about 3 km from Agordo, you can reach the area by taking the SS road no. 203 Agordina; park the car near the mining center (loc. Le Campe) and continue on foot (footbridge on the Torrent Cordevole).

Environmental context - Description of the site: the former mining center is situated within the administrative borders of the Municipality of Rivamonte Agordino and within the perimeter of the Park, marking one of the border points in the north; it extends for about 1 km in the final stretch of Valle Imperina (543m asl), where the latter perpendicularly meets Val Cordevole. The Valley, characterized by steep woody slopes, has a south-west / north-east pattern and includes the whole course of the homonymous torrent. The woods are of recent formation; as a matter of fact, the several historical images of the valley show completely bare slopes. This depended on the serious environmental pollution caused by the metal processing activities carried out in the area (first of all the sulfur dioxide produced by the metallurgic process of "vitriolation" and the production of sulfuric acid) and, only in part, by the need of fuel (charcoal) for the processes of roasting and fusion of the mineral.

Building period: the first documents about its existence date back to the early 15th century. Mining exploitation: probably during the Roman period; buildings dating back to the pre-industrial and industrial period.

Architectural features: pre-industrial and industrial mining architecture. Of the greatest historical-testimonial value.

Further information

Municipality: Rivamonte Agordino (BL) Region: Venetia
(1127)Valle Imperina, inside melting furnaces
Valle Imperina, inside melting furnaces
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