History of Tuscan Farmhouses: Leopoldina Design

Named after Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the Leopoldina was designed to be a new type of farmhouse, originating in the late 1700s. It was intended to provide a better quality of life for farmworkers of the time. Leopoldo’s innovation was to bring the housing of the Chianine, the Ox stalls, within the walls of […]