Keywords: arch architecture outdoor This is the ancestral home (Castle) of the aristocratic Baron Ricasoli family dating from the 11th century and home to the 32nd Baron. This is the oldest winery in Italy and the second oldest in the world. It is also here that Baron Bettino Ricasoli (1809-1880) invested the Chianti wine. He was also the 2nd prime minister of the newly formed Republic of Italy. This is the ancestral home (Castle) of the aristocratic Baron Ricasoli family dating from the 11th century and home to the 32nd Baron. This is the oldest winery in Italy and the second oldest in the world. It is also here that Baron Bettino Ricasoli (1809-1880) invested the Chianti wine. He was also the 2nd prime minister of the newly formed Republic of Italy. |