Il Borghetto Tuscan Holidays • VILLA
HISTORY •
 The
history of IL BORGHETTO plays a part to the history
of the great Villa of Pietrafitta of which it was a section.
From historical research we know that initially it belonged
to the Cattani family who were a noble feudal family
at the beginning of 1300.
In 1410 the Villa of Pietrafitta, together
with IL BORGHETTO, were purchased by the noble Florentine
family of the Acciaiuoli, and they retained ownership
until their decay. Then, in 1598, IL BORGHETTO became
property of the Archbishop of Pisa Carlo Antonio Dal
Pozzo.
In 1806 IL BORGHETTO was purchased by the Dr. Antonio
Moggi of San Gimignano who was at the time Chief at the
Chamber of the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Tunisi.
In 1867 Maria Victoria Dal Pozzo Della Cisterna,
, who was an heiress of the Archbishop, married Amedeo
di Savoia Duke of Aosta, son of the king Vittorio Emanuele
II, therefore Pietrafitta became the Villa of Her Royal
Highness Duchess of Aosta.
 In
the recent age, the heirs of Dr. Moggi sell IL BORGHETTO
to the Savoia dynasty and they remained owners of Pietrafitta
and its farms until 1946.
In this year it became property of the Countess Alba Balbi
Valier, who was famous for having introduced the D.O.C.
for the Vernaccia wine of San Gimignano and the Chianti
Colli Senesi in 1966.
In recent years, the owners were the Cameli family, oil tanker
entrepreneurs from Genova, and finally the Agricultural
Society Pietrafitta that in 1999 sold IL BORGHETTO
to the Bimbi Family who are the present owners.
|
