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Heritage is us – In the bottega del bigonaio

Moggiona

A meeting with the last wood craftsmen of Moggiona who alternated their activities between working in the forest and at the large Chianti farms for the maintenance of wine vats. The main stages of working a bigone, a wooden container once used for harvesting grapes, will be re-enacted. Meeting point in front of the information […]

Heritage is us – The solano valley: the blacksmith and the miller

Strada in Casentino via Roma

We will travel up the Solano Valley along the "water line". We will visit the workshop of a blacksmith, now a skilled artist and master of wrought iron and then enter a still productive watermill, run by the same family for centuries. Demonstration on milling and opportunity to purchase flour and local products. Closing aperitif […]

Heritage is us – At work with the stone chiseler

Ecomuseo della Pietra Lavorata Strada in Casentino, Castel San Niccolò

Attendees will be involved in a workshop dedicated to stone chiseling guided by real stonemasons, with the opportunity to take home the result of their work. The working tools will be the same used to carve the capitals of Romanesque churches. Closing aperitif offered by the organization Pro Loco di Strada. Initiative in collaboration with […]