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MONTEFREDDO AND THE BOLOGNA FAMILY CASA SILOS is set in the heart of the estate of Montefreddo that has been in the Bologna family since the 18thcentury, when the family, whose members were part of the Council of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany since 1781, moved in the south area of the Grand Duchy, bordering with the State of the Church and acquired some properties, that included Montefreddo. The heart of the estate is the hamlet whose oldest building, Casa Fè was in the Middle age a way station along the road that was leading pilgrims and merchants to Orvieto and then to Rome. It is commonly said that this road was used to transport the stones quarried from the Mount Cetona to Orvieto, to built its magnificent cathedral. The other buildings of the hamlet, as the mansion that is still today the Bologna family residence, warehouses, storages and animals recoveries where added during the 19th and 20th century for the management of the farm. The hamlet is surrounded by the organic farming estate that produces an excellent extra-virgin olive oil and red wine together with spelt and durum wheat that are bestowed to produce high quality, organic flours. As many farming estates of Tuscany, the property is dotted with large, charming farmhouses that were once lived by the sharecroppers. All set in panoramic positions and surrounded by woods and fields, are part of an important revaluation project that aim to bring all of them to a new life. Some of them have already been recently restored by Francesco Bologna and his wife Olivia, who graduated in Architecture in Venice, and transformed in elegant apartments to offer an idyllic and perfect hideaway in this peaceful, unspoiled corner of Tuscany. Other are just waiting for the perfect owner who will fall in love with them.