Campiglia Marittima

Metal made Campiglia: the Etruscans already worked the copper and silver-bearing lead of these hills, and the Della Gherardesca counts founded Rocca San Silvestro to control the mines. The town rises on a Maremma hill looking out to sea, and its Palazzo Pretorio carries 72 coats of arms from the start of Florentine rule. In mid-August the Apritiborgo festival fills the streets with street art.

Highlights

• The San Silvestro mining park and the abandoned fortified village of Rocca San Silvestro (IT)
• A train ride through the Lanzi-Temperino mine tunnel
• Pieve di San Giovanni (1173), with a Sator square inscription and boar-hunt carving
• The hilltop Rocca, with a museum of finds from its excavations
• Teatro dei Concordi, opened in 1867, with three tiers of boxes

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.