 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 PianoIn 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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