The quarries of the “Pietra da cantoni” (Cave)
About
Name | Description |
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Address | Località Uviglie |
Phone | +39 0142 489 009 |
info@comune.rosignanomonferrato.al.it |
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Opening | Visits not allowed |
Information | Abandoned quarries of the Pietra da Cantoni stone, in Località Uviglie... |
You can catch sight of the typical white “pietra da cantoni” quarries between the vineyards in the Uviglie areas. Nowadays they are abandoned, but once upon a time the “cantùn” (a type of calcarenite stone) used for civil and religious buildings (the internal façade of the Sant’Antonio Church is an example) were extracted from these quarries.