History of the farm

The history of our farm, that today has a productive area of about 200 hectares is to great extent joint with the histories of the families Paracciani, Mazzuoli, Giorgi, Marte­giani and for the last Andreoli that have owned the farm and whose financial operations and marriages have influen­ced both incorporations and divisions of the farm, which on its largest had over 1000-1500 hectares of land.

Although a great amount of archived documents has disappeared or it needs to be organised, the existing document archives describe clearly the old times and a special importance in this respect has the accountancy of the farm that date back from 1776.

The history of the farm and its owner families is an integral part of the history of Città della Pieve and its surroundings from which one can see the old agricultural traditions, like the feast of wine that at the beginning of 1900s was held in October. Besides, during the expansion of arable lands in the 1800s from the farms lands one has found both signs and material describing Etruscan history. The most significant findings are those of the Urns of Purni family that today can be seen in various museums of the World.

Some photographs from family and farm archives have been restored and used as material while furnishing our agritourism – Palazzolo – in order to give to the house a bit more vivid touch of the history of both the farm and locality and at the same time give a testimonial of how the life on the country-side looked like at the end of 1800s and at the beginning of 1900s.

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