montenero in Quercianella

Located just south of Livorno you Built on a hill the village of Montenero with its famous Sanctuary. The peculiarity of the name is due to Bad reputation that had earned in ancient times, when the hill was seen as a place dark and full of pitfalls. The story has it that in the fourteenth century, near dell'Ardenza, a pastor appear saw the image of the Madonna; still in that place is a beautiful chapel in memory of appearance. After that miraculous incident, the locals built in honour of the Virgin Ss, the now famous shrine of Montenero. After centuries of changes, such as the building of the tower in 1820, comes to the issue. The sanctuary as well as being a destination for faithful, it is also much visited for works of art kept, as the marble altar, the Crucifixion and the beautiful ceiling of gold in 1600. The wonderful panorama which can be enjoyed from the sanctuary opens on a typical Tuscan valley stretching down to the sea and, at times, the hill of Montenero was a useful reference point for many sailors natural, that it has saved lives. As a token of thanks to Madonna many of these wolves of the sea gave sanctuary of works of art of painters minors. IMPERDIBILE The shrine is Montenero Connected to the village, which is located more downstream from a transport system to Funicular . Built in early 1900, the funicular was over Sixty years the main route between the sanctuary and Piazza delle Carriages , in the centre of the country. Today, the funicular is flanked by a Scenic road leading up to the Shrine. The funicular is linked to Urban transport network of Livorno and carries every hour, on average, 580 people; Holds two firsts: in Italy in 1908, was the first to funicular Electrically operated and today is unique in the world to be powered by Photovoltaic panels.