
ABETONE Just an afternoon out on a cloudy day I went for a ride to Abetone , our nearby ski resort. While waiting for some snow to start the Winter and Christmas season I discovered some nice corners that give a reason for visiting ABETONE. There is the SKI MUSEUM, Opened recently, the museum tells the history of skiing, the history of its great champions, the history of a country and its facilities, which made famous skiing in the world. The PYRAMIDS of Abetone are monuments that stand in the center of Abetone, at 1375 meters above sea level.They are intended for the opening of the pass, in the second half of the eighteenth century, to celebrate the importance of this communication route that would guarantee the flourishing of trade. The two structures, in fact, are located one in what was the territory of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the other in that of the Duch...