Rural Park" Masseria Torre dello Zuvino"
IThe fund Zuin, evolved over the centuries, suffering all the historical events, economic, and social
have followed, as well as natural events. From the construction of the tower as a fortress, the addition of facilities and shelters for the rest of transhumance, the transformation in a modest farmhouse that will become what is now called, an agricultural holding. .
The oldest part, is certainly the tower around which joined the yards used
for the rest of the herds in transhumance, the planimetric disposition of those "jazz" will determine the future shape planivolumetrica; fact, perhaps in the eighteenth century. the fortress was transformed into farm and along the perimeter, the existing overlap, there will be barns, housing for apprentices and employees, ovens, mills, stables, rooms for the pressing of olives and grapes. This was certainly possible since the agglomeration was in a very favorable position for both roads and for its proximity to the Fiumara Assi, the latter, one of the most important watercourses in the area. Following other manufactured housing were added, related to the needs of the "master" to move to the country periodically.
The vast olive groves in the area, led to the construction of the great mill, first
operated by water power, and then, in 1924, the hydraulic turbine. The flood of 1951, put in
knee the local economy, and Zuin suffered damage to crops and the hydraulic structures that were never rebuilt, because no longer needed because their function is performed by the electric current.
In 1970 the grindstones of the mill have been transferred in the backyard of former owners, while the rest of the "machine" was sold to junk dealers. It has recently been recovered, the historical archives of the firm truth of Florence, the original design of the mill Zuin, which indicates the changes undergone by the complex, and all machines that were present.
have followed, as well as natural events. From the construction of the tower as a fortress, the addition of facilities and shelters for the rest of transhumance, the transformation in a modest farmhouse that will become what is now called, an agricultural holding. .
The oldest part, is certainly the tower around which joined the yards used
for the rest of the herds in transhumance, the planimetric disposition of those "jazz" will determine the future shape planivolumetrica; fact, perhaps in the eighteenth century. the fortress was transformed into farm and along the perimeter, the existing overlap, there will be barns, housing for apprentices and employees, ovens, mills, stables, rooms for the pressing of olives and grapes. This was certainly possible since the agglomeration was in a very favorable position for both roads and for its proximity to the Fiumara Assi, the latter, one of the most important watercourses in the area. Following other manufactured housing were added, related to the needs of the "master" to move to the country periodically.
The vast olive groves in the area, led to the construction of the great mill, first
operated by water power, and then, in 1924, the hydraulic turbine. The flood of 1951, put in
knee the local economy, and Zuin suffered damage to crops and the hydraulic structures that were never rebuilt, because no longer needed because their function is performed by the electric current.
In 1970 the grindstones of the mill have been transferred in the backyard of former owners, while the rest of the "machine" was sold to junk dealers. It has recently been recovered, the historical archives of the firm truth of Florence, the original design of the mill Zuin, which indicates the changes undergone by the complex, and all machines that were present.