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historical events of "Il Castagno" are
part of the great history of an area that has felt the
influence of the bordering possessions of Florence, Pisa
and Siena. In ancient times it was certainly a "passage
way": for the Etruscans to the town of Volterra,
for the Romans there was the Via Clodia from Siena to
Lucca and in tha middleages travellers like the archbishop
Sigerico of Canterbury, who recalls the Church of Santa
Maria in Chianni at Gambassi in the book of his travels
in Italy before the year 1000, took the Via Francigena. |
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| "Il Castagno" was recorded as early
as 970 as bolonging to the Bishop of Volterra. It was
badly damaged and sacked by Piccinnino's troops in 1430
and by the Sienise army which spent the night there on
13 June 1554. The Villa was
built around 1600 by the Senatoria dei Rinuccini family,
both as their own country home and to administer the other
properties they had acquired in the area. |
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In around 1815 it was inherited by the Marchesi Capponi
of Florence.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany visited the house on several
occasions.
In 1834 it passed to Marchese Attilio Incontri as part
of the dowry brought by his wife, Donna Ortensi, daughter
of Marchese Gino Capponi. |
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The original property extended for thousands of hectares
from the river Era to the river Elsa.
Through the centuries "Il Castagno" became an
example for many other farms, but this did not save it
from being divided up to what it is today.
In 1998 the Bottai family, well known constructors from
San Romano Val d'Arno, acquired "Il Castagno". |
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