The European Mining Route of Saint Barbara (MINES.B) is an itinerary with multiple values in which the partners work with the determined intent of animating, upgrading and bringing to light the potential of those territories that were the protagonists of European mining history.

The focus is the mining heritage – material and immaterial – reproposed through a tourist-cultural itinerary which virtually connects some of the important mining sites of Europe. 

The characteristic of this itinerary is to include within it several local mining routes: in fact, MINES.B partners, are committed to making this significant mining heritage accessible by creating itineraries to be traveled on foot and by bicycle, according to the modalities of slow and green tourism.

The main objective of the Federation is to keep alive the history of the men and women of the mine, who have shaped their lives according to the mining activity that marked the rhythm of their days and their lives, to add precious and essential pieces of the evolution of humanity contributing to the construction of a common European identity.

The watchwords underlying the purposes and the entire activity of the itinerary are therefore: 

– cooperation between partners;

– enhancement of the memory, history and European heritage linked to the life of the mine widely understood; 

– cultural and educational exchanges for young Europeans in order to pass on the knowledge, history and traditions linked to the great mining epic;

– contemporary cultural and artistic practice through the creation of shared cultural entertainment events related to music and art, giving new life to the most significant places in mining archeology;

– tourism and sustainable cultural development, favoring green mobility through the enhancement of pedestrian or cycle paths and itineraries along ancient mining paths immersed in a unique environmental landscape heritage in the world.