Cast Iron Gate, Ex-Ilva, Follonica

Beautiful entrance to the historical sites of Follonica

The Iron Gate is situated in the central part of Follonica and you will easily find it wakling from sea on Roma Street. The Iron Gate is the entrance to the open museum of industrial mechanisms and an...

More than meets the eye

It's just a gate albeit a large interesting iron gate. However, go the Magma museum of iron (which is an excellent family friendly experience) in the park inside and it's history and importance in rel...

Important landmark of local history hidden in plain sight

I have stumbled on this gate by pure chance, missing a turn on my way to our host. It surprised me by its size and apparent lack of purpose: a huge, quite elaborate gate on a very anonymous street, wi...

An attractive feature of the towns history, it leads to a nice park and the library and a new museum

It adds to the ambiance. Follonica's Older section has many examples of fine iron balconies, etc. the iron gate is just one of many. We especially liked the iron porch on the main church.

Entry into the past

Original Text

This very attractive valley, besides being a melted iron work, is the entrance to what was a melting for decades, and apparently was one of the most important factories in the area, d...