Historic villa by the sea in Tuscany
The Domus Socolatae is a historic villa on the Tuscan coast, a charming B&B housed in an ancient liberty building just in the heart of Follonica town, in the Tuscan Maremma.The villa is placed in the central square devoted to the war Fallen, surrounded by flowers and centuries-old trees, right next to the Ghisa Church, Ilva foundries - the Factory Town known for its cast iron - known today as the former Ilva Area - and the Palace of the Grand Duke Leopold II of Lorraine recolling the same style and the ancient, precious artifacts.
The location, once a swampland, was a strategic one to establish the factory town to fuse the iron caming from neighbouring Elba Island and turn it into cast iron and Follonica was founded by the Grand Duke of Tuscany Pietro Leopoldo just for this very reason.
The ancient settlement has been founded by the Appiano people of Piombino, who were also iron workers.
Everything revolved around the foundaries for more a century, therefore this is the real identity of the city: life, town and culture through the iron.
Nowadays The Factory Town, a monument to industrial archaeology, the Magma Museum and the Fonderia Leopolda Theatre has been restored as cultural centersThe location, once a swampland, was a strategic one to establish the factory town to fuse the iron caming from neighbouring Elba Island and turn it into cast iron and Follonica was founded by the Grand Duke of Tuscany Pietro Leopoldo just for this very reason.
The ancient settlement has been founded by the Appiano people of Piombino, who were also iron workers.
Everything revolved around the foundaries for more a century, therefore this is the real identity of the city: life, town and culture through the iron.
Nowadays The Factory Town, a monument to industrial archaeology, the Magma Museum and the Fonderia Leopolda Theatre has been restored as cultural centers
The ancient settlement has been founded by the Appiano people of Piombino, who were also iron workers.
Everything revolved around the foundaries for more a century, therefore this is the real identity of the city: life, town and culture through the iron.
Nowadays The Factory Town, a monument to industrial archaeology, the Magma Museum and the Fonderia Leopolda Theatre has been restored as cultural centersThe location, once a swampland, was a strategic one to establish the factory town to fuse the iron caming from neighbouring Elba Island and turn it into cast iron and Follonica was founded by the Grand Duke of Tuscany Pietro Leopoldo just for this very reason.
The ancient settlement has been founded by the Appiano people of Piombino, who were also iron workers.
Everything revolved around the foundaries for more a century, therefore this is the real identity of the city: life, town and culture through the iron.
Nowadays The Factory Town, a monument to industrial archaeology, the Magma Museum and the Fonderia Leopolda Theatre has been restored as cultural centers
Here Domus Socolatae Residenza d'Epoca, one the buildings of the steel town, will accompany you on a journey back in time to the old Italian cast iron capital.
Our rooms and suites, careful restored, still retain the ancient, original floors typical of the Leopoldian period: terracotta, grits and cement tiles from the Liberty period. The furnishing accessories, both internal and external, reflect the history of the structure, maintaining its unique charm over the time. With the rediscovery of the ancient splendor, the restoration has combined modern and functional materials with the original ones hidden by time and by the numerous renovations of the building over the years, from generation to generation.
The historic villa is today the perfect location for a dream holiday by the sea in the Tuscan Maremma, as Leopoldo and Maria Carolina used to do in the past, certainly the ideal place to enjoy an unforgettable romantic getaway, to dedicate moments of relaxation, to Maremma wines and delicacies. On request we can also organize boat trips with skipper and excursions into nature, on foot or by bicycle.The historic villa is today the perfect location for a dream holiday by the sea in the Tuscan Maremma, as Leopoldo and Maria Carolina used to do in the past, certainly the ideal place to enjoy an unforgettable romantic getaway, to dedicate moments of relaxation, to Maremma wines and delicacies. On request we can also organize boat trips with skipper and excursions into nature, on foot or by bicycle.
Historical representations in a historic villa by the Tuscan sea
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