We have already seen how Montalcinello will soon be able to heat itself with geothermal energy thanks to the arrival of district heating, which will eliminate emissions, improve air quality, and reduce overall costs.
This short article is instead dedicated to the boraciferous landscape of Montalcinello, particularly the western side of the village, with its “Nuova Radicondoli” plant and its columns of steam rising from the earth and enriching the hills with a panorama that is even richer and more poetic.
"The veins pour forth the smoky waters
from the vapors that the earth has in its belly,
which from the abyss draw them up high"
-Dante Alighieri (Rime, Book VI)
Montalcinello in fact rises near high hills that bubble with hidden life: the wells and fumaroles emerging from the subsoil create a unique landscape, with steam mixing with the clouds at sunset. Walking through the alleys and paths around the village, you can sense the proximity of a primordial and powerful energy, capable of transforming every glimpse into a sensory experience that tells the relationship between nature, history, and technology.
For anyone wishing to delve into the knowledge of this extraordinary energy, I recommend the Biancane Nature Park with its jewel, the geo-museum MUBIA. Here, about thirty kilometers from Montalcinello (route here), you can immerse yourself in the context and history of geothermal energy. Along safe trails and interactive experiences, you encounter lagoons, fumaroles, putizze, and boraciferous vents, witnesses of this powerful energy that emerges from the subsoil and has marked the history and nature of the territory.
