Poggio Berni - Italy

Poggio Berni (RN)

Emilia Romagna (Italy)

The territory of Poggio Berni, located in part on three small hills which continue the backbone Santarcangelo has a characteristic: in the countryside are both great historic buildings, special for their beauty and their stories, and interesting buildings "popular" rich in references to traditional culture of these places.
The former are palaces and noble villas with origins far back in time, belonged to the most powerful local families, the latter are used to mill a wide agricultural area that today extends around the main center.
is singular concentration of buildings and mills, but if you think about it, are two sides of same coin, both evidence of the richness of these campaigns has always been fertile and populous.
This stretch of Malatesta Had not require large fortresses, protected by rocks as it was powerful Santarcangelo Torriana Verucchio, however, was coveted for its fertility and beauty of the landscape that spread among rivers and hills.
Why castles were built, large fortified palaces and luxurious villas that although predominantly residential function, however, had to protect the noble owners and ensure some control over territory.
I Malatesta, of course, are very present - evidence of their influence is already starting in 1197 - and built here in any way based on luck, not only political but also economic territory Rimini thanks to productive rural settlements .
For a number of intersections of kinship, and granting a dowry, the palaces of Poggio Berni pass into the hands of large Italian families: during and after the time Malatesta have owned this land the Montefeltro Della Rovere, the Medici-Lorraine Gonzaga, the Doria.