The 500 BC Etruscan Granaries
Archeology in Fiano
How and where the Etruscan people stored grain 2500 years ago
The area where the Ugo Bing estate, to which the Fattoria di Fiano is part, is located, between Certaldo, Montespertoli, Sesto Fiorentino and San Casciano, was inhabited by the Etruscan people from 1000 to 300 BC it was very rich area in wheat cultivation, during the restoration of the villa and the cellars Mr. Bing found 10 meters deep under the villa some spaces dug into the tuff containing deep cylindrical voids where the Etruscans kept the grain, the Etruscan granaries.
