Promotional activities

The Centre for Research, Documentation and Promotion of the Fucecchio Marshes (Il Centro di Ricerca, Documentazione e Promozione del Padule di Fucecchio) organises guided visits to Lake Sibolla for adult and school groups, permanent education and refresher courses for teachers. School groups can also take an educational programme articulated in four lessons aimed at underlining the natural history of the territory in relation to the neighbouring Bientina and Fucecchio Marshes. The fully equipped laboratory at Villa Campanile (in the Commune of Castelfranco di Sotto), situated just a few kilometres from the Lake, lends valid support for educational activities on Sibolla and the Cerbaie Hills. There is also a small museum near Lake Sibolla where specimens of the most important marsh grasses and plants and a historical collection of wetland birds are on exhibit. Publications available on the wetland include the photographic book "Gli ultimi rifugi - Vita nel Padule di Fucecchio e nel Laghetto di Sibolla" (The last Refuges - Life in the Fucecchio Marshes and Lake Sibolla) and the guidebook "Il Padule di Fucecchio e il Laghetto di Sibolla - Natura e Storia", (The Fucecchio Marshes and Lake Sibolla - Nature and History) both written by the Centre for R.D. and P. of "Padule di Fucecchio" and published by Acero of Empoli.