The San Rossore
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The San Rossore is part of the Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore and Massaciuccoli, one of the most important protected areas of Tuscany and Italy.
In ancient times, this stretch of coastline was moved further east, but with the passage of time, the action of ocean currents and the instability of the courses of rivers, gave birth to sand cordons that blocked the water and contributed to the formation of wetlands. With the Medici family began the various clean-up measures in the twenty years of Mussolini then concluded, by which we had an increase of land which were then scores the great Florentine families of the time and organized in Estates and Farms.
The seals were ruled by a minister and worked on a number of fixed provvisionati and a number of temporary workers, producing timber, took care of the animals are grazing, hunting and fishing. These are part of the estate of St. Flushing, Coltano and Castagnolo, Migliarino and bolster.
Farms were instead based on an economy founded on the farm and sharecropping, as Vecchiano, Casabianca Collesalvetti.
THE ESTATE OF SAN ROSSORE
With the advent of the Medici, the territory was reorganized as mentioned earlier, most were introduced camels, because animals are suitable to carry loads of sandy soil, especially considering that this territory was the long-desired outlet to the sea from the family wanted Florentine. In 700 the estate reached its maximum and its boundaries were: on the north by the river Serchio in the east with several ditches that bordered the edge of the city of Pisa, like Barbaricina; on the south by the river Arno in west by the coastline.
A number of routes were opened, as the Avenue of the Houses and the New Cascine, so that people could reach the center of the estate, because there were still swamps and wet depressions.
The two access roads to the Estate are still existing, or the Avenue Of Cascine with the Bridge of the Horns (name derived from the blare of trumpets announcing the arrival of the Grand Duke), and route of Barbaricina.
In the 800 family Lorraine were restored, the Old Farmhouses and was built the Villa Reale of Okra and expanded the estate roads.
With the Unity of Italy the estate passed to the Savoy who built the royal stables Sterpaia and rebuild New Cascine, where he still resides one of the centers of the park from where all excursions.
The estate is open to the public throughout the week, limited access areas and at the times.
For more information about the visit of the estate are advised to visit the site http://www.parcosanrossore.org where you can find all the excursions in the Park, where you can play on foot, by bicycle, train and bus ecological .
