The company Podzemlje Pece actively participated in the international project The Iron Route, which took place within the framework of the European Union’s Interreg III program. B – Alpine Space. The project connected several Alpine lands with a common mining and iron-making past. Partners from Slovenia, Austria and Italy participated in the project. The activities of the project were studies, research, exchange of experience and results, and the establishment of a new network between institutions and local organizations. The goal of the project was to highlight the active Iron Road, and efficient and environmentally friendly management of natural and cultural heritage.

Project partners:

  • REGIONE LOMBARDIA – DIREZIONE GENERALE CULTURE, IDENTITA’, AUTONOMIE – Archivio di Etnografia e Sto (Lead partner)
  • MARKTGEMEINDE HÜTTENBERG
  • PODZEMLJE PECE, RSCM-GRADBENI MATERIALI D.O.O.
  • MUSEUM OF GORENJSKA
  • REGIONE AUTONOMA VALLE D’AOSTAASSESSORATO TERRITORIO, Ambiente e Opere pubbliche
  • REGIONE AUTONOMA FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA – DIREZIONE CENTRALE DELLE RISORSE AGRICOLE NATURALI, FORESTA
  • COMUNITA’ MONTANA DI VALLE TROMPIA
  • COOPERATIVA LEADER PLUS DELLE VALLI SERIANA E DI SCALVE s.c.r.l.
  • UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DELL’INSUBRIA

Duration of the project: 1. 1. 2005–31. 12. 2007

Project value: 1.758.240,00 €, sofinanciranje EU 945.120,00 €