Despite Cecina is a small town rather recently, on its territory have been unearthed ancient artifacts from various eras (the Palaeolithic, the Etruscan, Roman), whose testimonies can be admired in the eighteenth-century villa of the “Fifty” a museum of Etruscan-Roman and an ethnographic museum easily accessible through an avenue there joins the sea at San Pietro in Palazzi. Of particular historical interest is all that remains of the Roman villa of San Vincenzino. On the remains of this villa, where you can see the foundations, mosaics and an underground cistern, stands a villa with its interesting archaeological exhibitions
The tree belt that extends north and south of Marina di Cecina, between Vada and Bibbona, and occupies a total area of 400 acres stretching along the coast for more than 15 km, is the Biogenetic Nature Reserve Tomboli Cecina . This important botanical complex owes its birth to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold II, who in 1839 ordered its creation to complete the reclamation of the swamp that stretched around the Cecina River.
Between the sea and the pine forests from Vada to Bibbona
From the center of Vada we head towards the resort area, but shortly before reaching it, turn left on the paved road that runs not far dall’arenile. Continue this for about 3 miles until you reach the paved road to Mill Fire. On this turn right shortly after coming to a clearing. Here, take Forest Road, a nice track closed to cars by rail that goes into the pine forest. After about 1 km paved and leads the way back, after overcoming a barrier, to cross another road on which you turn right coming to the beach. Keeping along the margins of the latter, you ride hard until you find, on the left, an opening specially crafted application that allows you to regain access to the pine forest. This goes completely crossed keeping as much as possible parallel to the coast line up to meet the asphalt road, on the right, go over bridge to overcome the Cecina River entering in Marina di Cecina.
From the bridge, turn left, you can reach Cecina, village built near the mouth of the river. The town was born in the nineteenth century, when the whole area was reclaimed from the marshes that once characterized much of the coast of Tuscany and Lazio. In the old town is definitely worth a visit to the villa Cinquantina, home of the Etruscan-Roman museum.
Who does not want to reach Cecina, immediately after the bridge turn right and cross the road coming Cecina Mare seafront. Follow it towards Bibbona until the road, come to the edge of town does not make a sharp left turn heading towards the pine forest. At this point we leave the asphalt road to the right to take a dirt road that is also in the pine forest rincrociando, shortly after, the asphalt. On this, turn right and after 100 meters you find, always to the right, a big wooden gate with a side opening for the passage of pedestrians and cyclists. Past the gate you enter the beautiful Biogenetic Reserve of Tombolos of Cecina, in the pine forest that has its strong point. He begins to walk a wide dirt track that shortly after arriving at the starting point of several hiking trails.
In the southern part of the Pineta di Cecina, in addition to some rest areas have been set up some routes marked with stamps of different colors depending on the length (these are also frequented by hikers, so caution is advised). The wooden arrows to follow are the ones with the green stamp, arrows soon to invite you to abandon the cart to turn right on a beautiful trail made from soft pine needles.
Gradually you get closer to the sea thus arriving to the area with interesting coastal dunes. Coastal dunes are colonized sandy undulations and, in practice, cemented by herbaceous vegetation resistant to salt. The dunes are a real rarity for Italian shores since the tourist facilities have resulted in, a large part of the Tyrrhenian coast, the disappearance of this natural protective barrier.
Always follow the green arrows after about 6.5 km you will reach the limits of the pine trees, close to Marina di Bibbona. Near the village of Marina di Bibbona, a few meters from the shore, you can admire the imposing fort of Bibbona, built in Medicean. Pedalling along the beach then you can observe interesting specimens of Phoenician juniper and swamps formed along the estuary of the pit Camilla.
At this point you can begin your journey back to Marina di Cecina, the path that runs along the easy track which passes completely through the pine forest. In this way you can from the gate that gives access to the pine forest, and Marina di Cecina and back across the bridge over the Cecina. From here on, just follow the asphalt to return to Vada.
The Roman villa of S. Vincenzino in Cecina.
Along the coast of ‘northern Etruria, in what was once the territory of Volterra, numerous villas were built in Roman times, chosen as the residence with attached bottom, by the characters of illustrious rank.
This is the case of the Roman villa of S. Vincenzino. The archaeological complex, located on a natural relief of the land, near the modern town of Cecina, and skirted to the north by the river of the same name, not far from its outlet to the sea, while behind him ran the coastal road that connected Rome to Pisa and Liguria.
Known since the eighteenth century, it is traditionally attributed to the property of Albino Cecina, a member of the noble family of Volterra Caecina, who was praefectus urbi in 415 AD, based on the account of the journey of the Latin poet Rutilius Namaziano that here he found shelter and hospitality.
If you can not confirm the attribution to the owner, which now marks the place name in ancient maps and pilot books, often called “Villa Albini,” there is no doubt that it is a building of considerable importance, divided into sectors different destination, which experienced subsequent amendments of use in the large historical period in which he lived (from the first century BC to the fifth century AD).
The first plant building, built on the model of urban villa with rooms spread over porch areas and gardens, was built in conjunction with the large water system consists of a large underground cistern that was used to supply the villa, exceptional complex still intact and can be visited, which extends in a series of tunnels equipped with a system for filtering and purifying water. In connection with the surface structures, a series of wells annular allowed to draw water.
Definitely added in the imperial era advanced (II-III century AD) are other buildings, such as the Terme district, consisting of the canonical series of rooms intended for bathrooms are accented with a remarkable architectural and sculptural decoration, and the big summer triclinium with nymph not served by the water system original. In this context, stands the discovery of a headless statue, in very fine alabaster representation of Isis.
At a later stage (III century AD.) Then a belongs to a productive sector for the pressing of the olives, which are the remains of the mill and a millstone, and structures for the processing of oil, which obliterates part of the environments of residence of the villa. Much of the archaeological remains and the complex can now be visited in the area of the tank are arranged Park.
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