{"id":1605,"date":"2024-06-22T17:35:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T17:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miniera.up-design.ch\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2025-02-19T16:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:24:19","slug":"5-aurifodine-di-garavee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/5-aurifodine-di-garavee\/","title":{"rendered":"5. Aurifodine di Garavee"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1605\" class=\"elementor elementor-1605\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1286ba e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b1286ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-195b634c e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"195b634c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad5d0ac e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no 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wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6828295a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7030f20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7030f20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">5<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62884e7 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"62884e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Aurifodine di Garavee<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5370a65d e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5370a65d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5edab57 elementor-align-right elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5edab57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/sentiero-minerario\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-long-arrow-alt-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M134.059 296H436c6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12v-56c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12H134.059v-46.059c0-21.382-25.851-32.09-40.971-16.971L7.029 239.029c-9.373 9.373-9.373 24.569 0 33.941l86.059 86.059c15.119 15.119 40.971 4.411 40.971-16.971V296z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">All points<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad92642 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad92642\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45882ad5 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45882ad5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-519e6d83 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"519e6d83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The fifth point of the Malcantone Mining Park Trail is the Aurifodine di Garav\u00e9e.<\/p><p>Auriphodines are open-cast mines dating back to the Celto-Roman Iron Age.<\/p><p>The attached document (link to document) details the cultivation system of these mining sites.<\/p><p>The purpose of the auriphodines was the extraction of various minerals:<\/p><ul><li>iron for the construction of various tools and for weapons<\/li><li>quartz from which silicium was extracted to produce glass.<\/li><li>gold that was contained in the sands of these alluvial and moraine deposits.<\/li><\/ul><p>Cultivation began at the lowest point of the alluvial deposit. Stones (pebbles) containing iron and quartz were sorted and the other stones were piled up to the right and left. This formed piles of stones interspersed with a depression at the bottom of which sand and gravel, as well as water, surfaced. These sands were washed, and gold was extracted.<\/p><p>On the piles of pebbles, circular depressions can be seen these are the remains of rudimentary furnaces where ferrous stones and those containing quartz were first fired.<\/p><p>Initial archaeological research in the immediate vicinity of these auriphodines revealed objects dating back to Roman times. These are a bronze spoon, a decorated bronze piece, and some nails. These objects testify to the fact that in that distant era there was a settlement probably directly connected with mining activity.<\/p><p>Other objects from more recent times (horseshoe, 19th-century coin of the Kingdom of Italy, etc.) have been found along the path leading towards Bombinasco, indicating the important historical communication route between the south and north of the Alps that ran through this region until the late Middle Ages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73475883 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73475883\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48fc4dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-post-navigation\" data-id=\"48fc4dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-post-navigation-wrap elementor-clearfix wpr-post-nav-static-wrap\"><div class=\"wpr-post-nav-prev wpr-post-navigation wpr-post-nav-static\"><a href=\"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/4-mulino-di-garavee\/\" class=\"elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-posts-navigation-svg-wrapper\"><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 303.3 512\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 303.3 512;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><polygon class=\"st0\" points=\"94.7,256 303.3,464.6 256,512 47.3,303.4 0,256 47.3,208.6 256,0 303.3,47.4 \"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"wpr-post-nav-labels\"><span>4. Mulino di Garavee<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"wpr-post-nav-next wpr-post-navigation wpr-post-nav-static\"><a href=\"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/ra-selva-di-pali\/\" class=\"elementor-clearfix\"><div class=\"wpr-post-nav-labels\"><span>6. Ra selva di Pali<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wpr-posts-navigation-svg-wrapper\"><svg style=\"transform: rotate(180deg); -webkit-transform: rotate(180deg);\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 303.3 512\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 303.3 512;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><polygon class=\"st0\" points=\"94.7,256 303.3,464.6 256,512 47.3,303.4 0,256 47.3,208.6 256,0 303.3,47.4 \"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75aba38 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"75aba38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-791e5fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"791e5fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reperti archeologici trovati nelle immediate vicinanze delle aurifodine<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c96e56a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c96e56a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Punto-5-immagine1-e1724795201904-1024x715.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3948\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Punto-5-immagine1-e1724795201904-1024x715.png 1024w, https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Punto-5-immagine1-e1724795201904-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Punto-5-immagine1-e1724795201904-768x537.png 768w, https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Punto-5-immagine1-e1724795201904-1536x1073.png 1536w, https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Punto-5-immagine1-e1724795201904.png 1586w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sentiero del Parco Minerario 5 Aurifodine di Garavee Tutte le tappe Il quinto punto del Sentiero del Parco Minerario del Malcantone sono le Aurifodine di Garav\u00e9e. Le aurifodine sono miniere a cielo aperto che risalgono all\u2019epoca dell\u2019et\u00e0 del ferro celto-romana. Il documento allegato (link al documento) illustra in dettaglio il sistema di coltivazione di questi siti minerari. Lo scopo delle aurifodine era l\u2019estrazione di diversi minerali: il ferro per la costruzione di attrezzi e per le armi il quarzo da cui si estraeva il silicio per la produzione di vetro l\u2019oro che era contenuto nelle sabbie di questi depositi alluvionali e morenici La coltivazione iniziava dal punto pi\u00f9 basso del deposito alluvionale. Si procedeva alla selezione delle pietre (ciottoli) contenenti ferro e quarzo e le altre pietre venivano ammucchiate a destra e a sinistra. Si formavano cos\u00ec dei cumuli di pietre intercalati da un avvallamento sul cui fondo affiorava sabbia, ghiaia e anche acqua. Queste sabbie venivano lavate e si estraeva dell\u2019oro. Sui cumuli di ciottoli si notano delle depressioni di forma circolare: si tratta dei resti di fornaci rudimentali dove si procedeva a una prima cottura delle pietre ferrose e di quelle contenenti quarzo. Da una prima ricerca archeologica nelle immediate vicinanze di queste aurifodine si \u00e8 potuto trovare degli oggetti che risalgono all\u2019epoca romana. Si tratta di un cucchiaio di bronzo, di un pezzo di bronzo decorato, e di alcuni chiodi. Questi oggetti testimoniano che in quell\u2019epoca lontana vi era un insediamento probabilmente direttamente collegato con l\u2019attivit\u00e0 mineraria. Lungo il sentiero che porta verso Bombinasco sono stati trovati altri oggetti di epoca pi\u00f9 recente (ferro di cavallo, moneta dell\u2019Ottocento del Regno d\u2019Italia, ecc.) che sono forse indicatori del fatto che ci si trova su una via di comunicazione storica tra Sud e Nord delle Alpi che attraversava questa regione fino al tardo Medio Evo. 4. Mulino di Garavee6. Ra selva di Pali Reperti archeologici trovati nelle immediate vicinanze delle aurifodine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-categorizzato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5997,"href":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions\/5997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minieradoro.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}