Cecina Valley and the Livorno Hills - Montecatini Val di Cecina

Nestled among the green hills of the province of Pisa, Montecatini Val di Cecina is a village with an authentic charm, where time seems to pass more slowly.

Its ancient heart, dominated by the profile of Montecatini Castle , has overlooked the Tuscan landscape since 960 AD, preserving centuries of history visible among the stones, arches and cobbled alleys.

Strolling through the streets of the historic center means traversing the traces left by dominations and epochal transitions : from the Volterran period to Florentine rule, up to the events linked to the passage of foreign armies in the 18th century. But it was in the 19th century, with the development of mining , that Montecatini reached its maximum splendor, becoming a strategic center for copper extraction and the headquarters of the future Montecatini Company , a protagonist in Italian industrial history.