Tuscany · Livorno
Campiglia Marittima
A walled hilltop borgo above the Val di Cornia, where the Rocca tower watches a mining landscape worked from the Etruscans to 1976.
Known for
MINING LANDSCAPE
Continuous extraction of copper, silver, lead and tin from the Colline Metallifere from the Etruscans to 1976, now the Parco Archeominerario di San Silvestro.
ROCCA SAN SILVESTRO
Tenth-century miners' village in the park behind town, abandoned in the fourteenth century, excavated since 1984 and visited through restored mine galleries.
DOC VAL DI CORNIA
Wine appellation on the plain below town, Sangiovese and Cabernet red, Vermentino white, grown on the strip of land between hills and sea.
When to visit
Best · May–Sep
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Why come
Campiglia Marittima sits on the last slopes of the Colline Metallifere above the Val di Cornia, eight kilometers inland from the Tyrrhenian coast and 60 kilometers southeast of Livorno. The Rocca occupies the highest point, a fortified semicircle whose 14th-century tower and town walls trace the medieval defensive line. The territory has been mined since the Etruscans: copper, silver, lead and tin from the hills behind town, worked continuously until the last galleries closed in 1976.
The Parco Archeominerario di San Silvestro, opened in 1996 on 450 hectares behind the town, centers on Rocca San Silvestro, a tenth and eleventh-century miners' village abandoned in the fourteenth century and excavated since 1984. Visitors enter through restored galleries on a small electric train. Down on the plain the DOC Val di Cornia produces Sangiovese and Cabernet, and the thermal springs at Venturina, the frazione south of town, have flowed since Roman use as Aquae Populoniae.
What to see
Rocca di Campiglia
Fortified semicircle at 281 meters with the 14th-century tower, walls and the Pieve di San Giovanni, the highest point of the town.
Parco Archeominerario di San Silvestro
450-hectare park behind town, opened 1996, with restored mining galleries, a small electric train, and the abandoned medieval miners' village of Rocca San Silvestro.
Centro storico
Walled hilltop borgo of stone houses, with Piazza della Repubblica at its center, the medieval gates Porta a Mare and Porta Fiorentina still intact.
Terme di Venturina
Thermal springs in the frazione of Venturina, used since Roman times as Aquae Populoniae, with sulfurous waters at 36 degrees year-round.
Pieve di San Giovanni
Romanesque parish church inside the Rocca walls, twelfth-century origin, with a marble architrave by an anonymous Pisan school sculptor.
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Living here
- Population 12,429
- Off the beaten pathi
- Pharmacy in town
- High school within a 30-minute drive
- Train station in the comune
- Nearest airport Florence / Pisa, 1 h 20 min drive
- Regional capital Firenze, 2 h 5 min drive
Thermal baths in town: piscina termale calidario.
Tags & datadesignations · numbers · sources
The numbers
- Elevation: 231 m
- Population: 12,429
- Surface area: 83.28 km²
These figures were compiled from public directories — ISTAT, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata — and from the official listings of the guides named on this page. Town details change; verify with official sources before you travel.
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