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The enchanting Journey through the talc of mine Paola

The visit to the Mine Paola begins on board the little train, to continue afoot along the mining yards. Heat and cold, muffled noises, explosions roars, pneumatic hammers vibrations, darkness and the blinding white of the talc: two hours of total immersion in the life of the miners.

Original language: IT | EN - Publishing: 04/05/2005

Into the mine you can read the History

Dear kids, we introduce you a different way to know the mines. Which story will tell us the Paola mine in Prali? You will discover it by reading the miners’ life and by searching in the "Discover the mine" museum.

Original language: IT | EN - Publishing: 03/05/2005

Mine Gianna: a jump back in history

The visit to the Mine Gianna is an ideal in-depth itinerary: an exciting path, to be run by foot only, tearing the dark with the lightning of the frontal batteries, along galleries and places of work where the time seems to have stopped after the last shift

Original language: IT | EN - Publishing: 03/05/2005
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