The upper Versilia is characterized by several marble extraction sites. In particular, the gather of quarries located in Retignano, on the mount named Montalto (in English high mountain), ar quite well-known. In 1788, following the local decision to liberalize mining and with fundings from the Elisian Bank of Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, several Italian and foreign entrepreneurs chose to invest in Versilia and aimed to buy lands in the former comunelli of Retignano and Volegno, carrying out the first marble extraction in Versilia during the Industrial Revolution. Among the most important entrepreneurs interested in the quarries of Retignano there are: Sancholle, Beresford and especially Henraux.