Molin del Piano chianti Florence a genuine holiday experience

Molin del Piano is one of the typical small Italian villages, where bar, post office and grocery stores are center of town.

The well kwon cities Figline Val d'Arno, San Giovanni and Montevarchi in the Arno valley with their Etruscan city centers are an open invitation to enjoy the Italian life style. Also this is the Chianti Classico winne's area, with its numerous wine yards, historic town

Visit the "Torre a Decima Castle" Molin del Piano
Torre a Decima rises over the country of Molin del Piano: In the town you will find the indications for the castle.In the heart of an ancient fief property of the Counts Guidi first and of the Bishop of Florence then, at the feet of the Monte di Croce (Croce Mountain), rises this imposing castle, outpost of the feudal power in the country.

Its origin goes back to the 12th century, it was seat of the Saltarelli family, notaries emigrated then to Florence, that widened the original structures of what today is the core of the complex, with the tower of the keep and still endowed with machicolation (projection from the wall made of stone which has openings through which the defenders can fire upon an enemy directly below) and battlements.

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