Car Hire Rosignano Solvay - Mini guide to Rosignano Solvay
Located in the region of Tuscany, in the province of Livorno, is the town of Rosignano Solvay (actually a village in the municipality of Rosignano Maritime). Rosignano Solvay is famous for its white beaches, formed by a factory nearby that utilises limestone (calcium carbonate) and salt (sodium chloride) in the production of soda ash (sodium carbonate), and produces as a by-product, calcium chloride.
These beaches attract many tourists in the summer, perhaps unaware that the name of the village is taken from the process (Solvay) used in the factory that produces the white beaches (the whiteness comes from the calcium chloride and leftover salt and limestone).
Because of the extensive use of the Solvay process in Ropsignano Solvay, of all the 15 most polluted sites along the Mediterranean, Rosignano Solvay is fifth in order of risk to the population. Perhaps you should admire the ‘pristine’ white beaches from a distance…
Rosignano Maritime was named to distinguish it from Rosignano Monferrato, located in the province of Alessandria, in the Piedmont region. In Rosignano Maritime are many things that you can explore, that may not be as dangerous to your health as the white beaches of Rosignano Solvay. For example, the Palazzo Bombardieri houses a museum that is well worth visiting.
Inside the fortress, the museum displays archaeological items from not only land but the sea, also from Roman villas and Etruscan towns. There are several churches in Rosignano Maritime, dedicated to Saints such as John the Baptist, the Archangel Michael, Stephen and John the Evangelist, Andrew the Apostle, and the Church of King Leopold and the Oratory of Our Lady of the Snow.
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