RIO NELL'ELBA

RIO NELL'ELBA

End from the preistoria constituted an important mining center. Of particular importance piazzetta of the Church of Trinita Saint (the XI sec.), the fortress of S. Giacomo, the center with its characteristic alleys, the old public washhouses. The country tutt' today conserve rich testimonies of its glorious past, famous for the mines of iron, River in Elba has been the economic center of the island fine $R-alla.chiusura of the giacimenti. The castle had a great strategic importance, was constructed from the pisani in XI the century and entered to only make part of the signorile state of Appiani di Piombino the end of XIV the century. The serious crisis of the extractive field that has characterized the last years and the irreversible decline of agriculture has been alone in part compensates you from the development of the activities tied to the tourism, with the result that, between the common elbani River it today makes to record the highest rate than unemployment. In any case the landscaped resources and the calm beauty of the historical center, valued from recent jobs of restoration, offer sure margins of economic progress.

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