 From
a debate conducted by the Accademia dei Georgofili in the 1700s
the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo, took the decision to improve the
conditions of the farm labourers life by having buildings
constructed which contained both the stables with the work implements,
and the living quarters. The project was created by the architect
Bernardino della Porta who designed the prototype on two
floors with a broached roof and dominated by a tower called
the dovecote.
The houses built subsequent to the prototype were for the most
part in the Siena and Arezzo areas and in the province of
Firenze, and in perfect harmony with the surrounding
countryside.
For two centuries they were inhabited by the farm worker's families,
then around 1950 the exodus from the countryside caused
the farmhouse to be abandoned.
For some years now this simple but functionary construction
has been re-discovered by many citizens as a second home,
or even, duly equipped, serving with unexpected success
as hotel for farm holidays.
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