Petraia Village and Tower Street Aquisana Aquisana Casciana Terme Note: you can see the tower from the courtyard where he is. An important role in the history of Casciana Terme in medieval times was carried out by the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria Morrona, now called the Abbey of Morrona. Significant acts of the Archbishop of Pisa and the Bishop of Volterra, mentioned in the Annals Camaldolesi from 1089 and relating to donations or sales of property located near or within Casciana in favor of the Abbey, clearly indicate that it was Casciana Spa site a castle and a short, probably is the highest point of the city called Petraia (Aquisana curte). Despite the location of a castle in Pietraia is not the best strategic choice, while the morphology of the place does not offer many natural defenses, it is known that curte Aquisana was equipped with towers and fortified walls. Today the tower is still visible Aquisana also known as the Countess Matilda.
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