gabbro in Quercianella

The village of Gabbro is part of the town of Rosignano, the name deriving from the Latin "glabrum" was to indicate the aridity of the place, mainly composed of gabbro stones. The village has spent several periods in which it was necessary to a restocking in the same area as during the first half of 1500, when Cosimo I de 'Medici to make life easier for residents esonerò the country from paying taxes for twenty years. During the second half of 1800 were discovered at the burial Gabbro Etruscan-Romany which confirm the hypothesis of the origin of the first core. The village overlooks the valley from a splendid hill composed by woods, is 10 km from the sea and about 13 from the provincial capital. From remember is the painter macchiaiolo Sylvester League who wished to honour the country several times in which he lived since 1886. Many of his works depict the streets of Gabbro and its villagers.