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Grancia di Montisi
In 1295 Simone of Cacciaconti, Lord of Montisi, for the latest act will leave the Hospital of St. Maria della Scala di Siena its possessions in Montisi.
In the next century the hospital building, the western limit of the village, a fort with high crenellated tower, which was organized to use "Grancia", namely building for safekeeping products owned land.
In 1775 the Grand Duke of Tuscany Peter Leopold orders at the sale of goods, including Grancia of Montisi, which was purchased in 1778 by Jacopo Mannucci Benincasa, pervenendo so that the family still owns.
During the last World War, in June 1944, the beautiful tower of Grancia is undermined and completely destroyed.
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