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Cronaca di una gita al lago Scaffaiolo nell’estate del 1553 da Cutigliano (Toscana - Pistoia) a c... more Cronaca di una gita al lago Scaffaiolo nell’estate del 1553 da Cutigliano (Toscana - Pistoia) a cui parteciparono il Capitano della Montagna di Pistoia Giovanni Borgherini e il suo fido amico Girolamo Roffia, notaio.

Since prehistoric times, the valley of the Lima torrent, the greatest tributary of the Serchio Ri... more Since prehistoric times, the valley of the Lima torrent, the greatest tributary of the Serchio River, represented a route for penetrating and crossing the Apennines by nomad hunters and later Roman armies or medieval travellers. The flat areas, now dominated by the suspension bridge, offered an ideal place for resting or camping, which is evidenced by the recent archaeological finds of worked flints dating back At that time the Lima torrent, like the Limestre torrent and the other main tributaries offered ideal conditions for setting up numerous hydraulic plants. Think of the mills built to transform chestnuts into sweet flour, the main local foodstuff, and the pioneering Cini paper mills and many ironworks. The Magona Granducale, a Tuscan company regulated by a monopolistic regime for the production of iron in 1704, started with building the plants of Mammiano Basso, which soon became the largest production centre in the area of Pistoia. When Magona was abolished in 1836, the production of iron and steel in Mammiano continued despite the subsequent, numerous transfers of the structures, which finally ended up at the S.M.I. (Italian Metallurgical Company) at the end of the nineteenth century. It was during this period that the engineer Vicenzo Douglas Scotti, who designed the bridge, was called upon to manage the plant.

Cronaca di una gita al lago Scaffaiolo nell’estate del 1553 da Cutigliano (Toscana - Pistoia) a c... more Cronaca di una gita al lago Scaffaiolo nell’estate del 1553 da Cutigliano (Toscana - Pistoia) a cui parteciparono il Capitano della Montagna di Pistoia Giovanni Borgherini e il suo fido amico Girolamo Roffia, notaio.

Since prehistoric times, the valley of the Lima torrent, the greatest tributary of the Serchio Ri... more Since prehistoric times, the valley of the Lima torrent, the greatest tributary of the Serchio River, represented a route for penetrating and crossing the Apennines by nomad hunters and later Roman armies or medieval travellers. The flat areas, now dominated by the suspension bridge, offered an ideal place for resting or camping, which is evidenced by the recent archaeological finds of worked flints dating back At that time the Lima torrent, like the Limestre torrent and the other main tributaries offered ideal conditions for setting up numerous hydraulic plants. Think of the mills built to transform chestnuts into sweet flour, the main local foodstuff, and the pioneering Cini paper mills and many ironworks. The Magona Granducale, a Tuscan company regulated by a monopolistic regime for the production of iron in 1704, started with building the plants of Mammiano Basso, which soon became the largest production centre in the area of Pistoia. When Magona was abolished in 1836, the production of iron and steel in Mammiano continued despite the subsequent, numerous transfers of the structures, which finally ended up at the S.M.I. (Italian Metallurgical Company) at the end of the nineteenth century. It was during this period that the engineer Vicenzo Douglas Scotti, who designed the bridge, was called upon to manage the plant.