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Mulinaccio di Scandicci, Italy

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The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

Rank : 9.0 (average on 11 votes)

Coordinates : 43.703917,11.110758 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : Beautiful ruins left by our ancestors Florentines. Story .. The Galli family, owner of the nearby Villa Lami, in 1634 built a dam across the ravine of Masseto in order to create an artificial lake to create a nursery. A few decades later, in 1648, the dam was leaning against a mill that is already operating in 1653. The activity of the mill is already ceased in 1736 as reported in the communal Scandicci. What is certain is that in 1774 all activity had ceased officially, the mill was probably a victim of the new processes of industrialization of the methods of grinding. In 1832, the cadastral maps of the place is called ruined mill and at that time took the name of Mulinaccio. Again in 1833, the lake is behind existing, as in the papers of the parish church of San Vincenzo a Torri, shows that in that year there were drowned two brothers, a few years after the lake was drained. Today the ruins of this imposing work still play the role of bridge between the two sides of the valley. The place was almost ignored by all the tourist guides in the area and also find it is not easy because the outside is almost invisible because of the vegetation that covers it. The mill is a semicircular born as a dam to block the course of the ravine of Lami. The structure is organized on three levels of this large arches round, partially collapsed, within which the waters flow feeding the millstones some still in place, even if torn. The structure is crumbling, but you can still walk in the barrel-vaulted corridor on the third floor. Today the water after going through some local comes out and forms a waterfall that flows into a circular pool below. A few dozen yards downstream see the ruins of a second structure, probably a second mill, which remain some cisternini barrel vaults of gore and grinders. THE SITE OF THE CITY OF SCANDICCI (FIRENZE)

Recommended equipment : Wide, Tele, surely stand, given the low light of the place and the strong contrasts that are created are often multi exposure shots and time-consuming.

Best months : All year round, each season gives the place its colors and atmosphere.

How to get there : From the road to FI-PI-LI exit at Ginestra Fiorentina. Follow for San Casciano. Found the country to St. Vincent Torri cross it. Just outside the immediate left after a large manufacturing plant wine take away the lake and follow the dirt road until you see the Mulinaccio. Leave your car and walk the remaining 300m walk.

Visits : free

Notes : For lovers of the ruins or just for a walk out of town on Sunday a truly original and charming.

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Sunrise: 06:15, Sunset: 18:29

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🌒 Waxing Crescent, Brightness: 11%

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