Rufina

Rufina

Rufina is a town of 7,382 inhabitants in the province of Florence. Famous centre of wine production: is located at the heart of sub production of Chianti wine. In medieval times the sun high traces of settlements in the territory rufinese major concern fractions high hill Turicchi, Castiglioni and Pomino. The first documented settlements in the Rufina lie in the end of 1600 with the establishment of a convent of friars to Poggiolo; friars built embankments, worked a series of reclamation along the river Sieve Corsican incrementarono and cultivation of the vine. Subsequently, the area saw demographic expansion with the building of farms and villas employers. The village of Rufina originated in late 1700 by a group of houses arose near the bridge over the river Rufina along the road that connected the Mugello Romagna and Tuscany with Florence.

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