Properties Leopoldine

properties leopoldine

In the territory of the Valdichiana, in all parts of the territory we see a large presence of typical houses of the eighteenth century, the so-called Leopoldine homes. The name derives from the name of their creator, the Grand Duke Peter Leopold. The homes of the people eighteenth mainly poorest peasant namely, not to be formed by large convenience, it safety and health. The same Grand ordered, after verification of an investigation on the conditions of citizens in their homes, gave so pretty dramatic results, deciding the construction of new homes more comfortable. After the presentation of new projects were built and then farmhouses all the same. They used materials between the cheapest and then, even for materials of old houses. Began at the same time large-scale reclamation hydraulic, the valley was recovered and widely cultivated land. A typical farmhouse of the decontamination in Valdichiana, was as follows: upstairs rooms were inhabited and in some the dovecote which served also stockholders for small tools, while below there were stables and the cellar. In the second plan is structured, a large kitchen with a hearth space for a step higher than the floor of the house to be able to easily wood to cook a lot of stuff, heat a large quantity of water for washing and feed for beasts. The chimney was the only source that gave the home heating. In the same floor rooms stood, and when there stood the dovecote, using the warehouse, organized with a bed.

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