> Home > What to visit > Fountains
Peschiera e serbatoio idrico Asciano
FOUNTAINS
PHONE NUMBERS AND TIMES
Peschiera e serbatoio idrico
Business card (vCard)
When you walk from the access tower towards the Abbey of Monte Oliveto shortly afterwards, among the cypress trees, you come across a structure resembling a swimming pool surrounded by terracotta walls.
It is surprising to discover that it is something very functional to the survival needs of the monastic community, even dating back to 1533.
It is a fishpond, from which you can stock up on fresh fish and, if necessary, water.
Two thoughts on this:
Already then there was the awareness that even a poor diet like that of the friars had a periodic need for fish foods.
The importance of the widespread collection of rainwater, in a location far from natural sources, such as that of the monastery.
STAY NEARBY
PODERE PERETO I
RAPOLANO TERME
“Podere Pereto” is a farm, whose products are cultivated following the biologi...SAN MARTINO
SAN GIOVANNI D'ASSO
Ancient farm at the edge of the picturesque village of Montisi, in a panoramic position. H...Relais Villa San Nazario e B&B Il Poderuccio
ASCIANO
The farm is surrounded by nature generous with olive trees and vegetation, is an encha...DINING & ENTERTAINMENT NEARBY
LA PACE Ristorante Pizzeria
ASCIANO
The hotel La Pace has a restaurant open to all with indoor dining room and tables in the g...PICCOLO MONDO, Pizzeria
ASCIANO
This local, carries in its name the size of the space in which it is placed. In fact, ...Ristorante Bar La Torre di Monte Oliveto
ASCIANO
At the main entrance of the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore we find this ancient restauran...