The Royal Ironworks and the Weapon Factory
The Mongiana Royal Ironworks and Workshops were an important iron and steel factory built in Mongiana in 1770 - 1771 by the House of Bourbon of Naples. Part and parcel of the industrial and military plant of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and basic plant for the production of materials and iron intermediate products which were then finished there or in the iron and steel plant of Pietrarsa, it gave a job to about 1,500 workers.
Overwhelmed by the facts linked with the process of political unification of the Italian peninsula, it was moved to the background by the Savoy government, therefore its fast decline started, which led to the suspension of its activity in 1881.
Only recently it has been possible to recover the remains of the iron and steel plant, which is now under restoration works with the aim to create a territorial museum at tourists' and visitors' disposal.
