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INTRODUCTION
The biggest and most important businesses in Tuscany, flourishing
industries and manufactures, heirs of the extraordinary local artisan
tradition, are concentrated in Valdera.
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dynamism of the industrial production goes hand in hand with the agriculture.
But this does not mean that this part of Tuscany does not have well
preserved and fascinating centres. San Miniato Basso or pearls of
Medieval and Renaissance art such as Volterra are only two examples.
You find different industries in Valdera, from bricks to furniture,
from wood to fabrics, but the main activity which characterises the
area is without any doubt the leather tanning industry. Leather is
first tanned here and then transformed into fashion accessories in
the artisan workshops in Tuscany. Valdera is the headquarter for the
Consorzio del Marchio Vero Cuoio. 70% of the domestic manufacturing
of shoes and almost all tanned leather in Italy come from the leather
factories in Valdera. |
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