04 July \ 26 September 2010

Fond of country life, Mario Fanetti opened in 2000 his "country life path", transforming outhouses of Podere Le Barbocce in the "Zave Museum", an ethnographic collection exposition. Zave is the nickname for Zaverio Nepi, known for having provided several times and led oxen for the "carroccio" of the historical procession at the Palio in Siena. He was the métayer who lived in Barbocce Farmhouse, leading it for about 70 years. He passed away few years ago, and many personal belongings and rural tools exposed were of his property. The collector, who is the museum owner, leads people in the different locations and sections, commenting the exposition.

Scopeto place is already mentioned in a 1079 document. Lately Sozzini family transformed the fortified settlement in villa. During 1500 Scopeto became an important centre for theological conferences welcoming Reform thesis. Inside the little village there are several buildings, the villa, a tower with a shoe-like basement dating back to 1543, San Bartolomeo chapel.

Aiola villa has been built in XVII century over the ruins of the homonymous castle, in a strategic position on the borderline of Sienese and Florentine territories. At the beginning of the XVI century it was an important Sienese rampart, and it could accommodate three or four hundred foot-soldiers. Giving up its defensive function, at the end of 1600, the settlement became a farm. It is possible to get to the villa through the drawbridge, rebuilt over the still existing moat.