In the heart of the Val di Cecina, Ponteginori tells a recent but intense history: from the bridge commissioned by Carlo Ginori to the Solvay village.
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In the heart of the Val di Cecina, Ponteginori tells a recent but intense history: from the bridge commissioned by Carlo Ginori to the Solvay village.
Overlooking the right bank of the Cecina river, Ponteginori is a relatively young center, born from the meeting of nature, human ingenuity, and industrial vocation.
Its name originates from a bridge built between 1831 and 1835 by Count Carlo Ginori, precisely at the point where the Cecina river meets the Trossa stream. A work that not only united two banks but laid the foundations for the development of an entire community.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Ponteginori began to grow significantly thanks to the arrival of the Solvay Chemical Company, which began exploiting the rich rock salt deposits of the Val di Cecina. It is in this context that the characteristic Villaggio Solvay,was born: an urban nucleus built according to the architectural and urban planning models typical of Northern Europe, the homeland of the parent company. A project designed to accommodate the company's employees, which still today gives Ponteginori a unique atmosphere, suspended between industrial tradition and the Tuscan landscape.
