The Ruscio Lignite Mine: Monteleone di Spoleto, Leonessa, Ferentillo and the Mining Enterprise on the Corno Plateau

The Ruscio Lignite Mine: Monteleone di Spoleto, Leonessa, Ferentillo and the Mining Enterprise on the Corno Plateau

by Stefano Vannozzi

Explore the history of the Ruscio mine and lignite through an in-depth archival research spanning nearly six years. A journey through underground tunnels, forgotten factories and local communities that worked and struggled together, restoring to collective memory a page of history long forgotten.

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