The Villa of Poggio Reale in Rufina

The Villa of Poggio Reale was built during the late XVI-th century in a higher position than the residential settlement of Rufina. The architecture of the villa shows then the typical Renaissance features of the Florentine tradition.

The entrance to the villa is allowed by two staircases showing the shape of a pincer. The interior consists of two floors, to which it is possible to have access taking the stairs placed on the first floor, in the main room.

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The villa shows the architectural features of the typical sixteenth-century suburban villas, being placed in a high position and equipped with retaining walls, staircase, internal plant with the main room on the first floor, from which rise two other stairs and open the other rooms.

Some rooms of the Villa of Poggio Reale and its underground host the "Museum of the Vineyard and Wine", where it is possible to admire a collection of both ancient and modern tools used to cultivate the vineyards and to produce the wine as well as a collection of blown glass-made objects.