Molino Spina

The Molino Spina is a rural hamlet that has found a second life as an agritourism estate. Its core is built around a two-storey courtyard plan, a familiar arrangement for farmsteads in this part of Italy. At ground level, stone arches support timber galleries that run along two sides of the yard, providing access to the upper floor. The complex is integrated with a small hydroelectric plant, which is as much a part of the farm as the barns. The plant includes not only the turbine house, where the energy conversion happens, but also the channels and sluices that feed it. On the downhill façade, a semi-basement arch marks the point where the water exits after driving the turbine. There is also a custodian’s cottage. The whole structure is built in stone, with vaulted ceilings and flat roofs, and the main building is covered by pitched rooves. It is a working landscape, where power and produce share the same stone walls.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.