Casa Giacometti
Vacation Home in Grosseto-Prugna
Corse du Sud > Ajaccio
9.8
Excellent
From $118
From $118
Historic Vacation Home Questionnaire
Year erected: 1579
What is the history of the property?
Extract from the "Guide du Taravu" of the historian Lucette Poncin: "Located in the small hamlet of "Prugna" this "fortified house" (Casa forta) dating from the Middle Ages (1579) was originally built as an observation post and refuge. It is a testimony of this period. Built on a rocky promontory, it offers beautiful evidences of this period: machicolation, sundial, millstone. It is one of the oldest in the region.
What was the era and/or the architectural style in which the property was built?
Granite house of the middle age edited by Italian engineers.

The origins of this fortified house can be found in the Vatican Archives where it is engraved IHS on the Stone
Is the property surrounded by other historic buildings?
Carrying a historical heritage, the "Casa Giacometti" is studied in "le patrimoine bâti de la valée du Taravu" (work realized by the regional center of educational documentation)
Has restoration work taken place?
6 years ago the house was completely renovated
Are there any elements of particular historical importance at the building?
machicouli

sundial

grinding wheel

external stone oven
Are there any important guests or previous owners worth mentioning?
Michel Onfray and other not-so-known people
Are there any significant events that took place at the property in the past?
resistance to barbarian attacks
Would you describe your property as (or has it ever been in the past) a:
Castle
Fortified house
Is there anything that you would like to highlight, add or clarify?
These fortified houses are at the origin of the creation of the village of Grosseto because many craftsmen had to make their home there to be able to build these houses.
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