la Storia
Beyond time
the Fargna estate
It was born as an agricultural place, deeply tied to the land and its rhythms.
Even before welcoming people and events, these spaces hosted work, seasons, silences, and repeated gestures over time. It is from here that the identity and history of the Fargna estate takes shape: authentic, essential, rooted in the Umbrian territory.
A time was...
una fattoria operativa, an agricultural place where farmers from the surrounding areas brought their crops to be processed according to an ancient tradition that respected the land.
Durante i lavori di ristrutturazione della tenuta sono emersi numerosi oggetti e attrezzi agricoli usati oltre un secolo fa: strumenti per arare i campi, macchinari per la produzione di olio e vino, segni tangibili dell’intensa attività che animava questi spazi.
the Oldest evidence
dates back to more than 200 years ago,
when the estate was built by the noble della Fargna family. It was a true farm where all the crops from the Città della Pieve and surrounding areas converged.
All lands owned by them, obviously. Here the farmers brought their wheat, barley, various legumes, freshly milked for processing and the livestock destined for slaughter. It was a real agricultural factory; inside the farm the products were transformed and seasoned, stored and preserved to then be sold.
This is evidenced by the large cellars of pre-nineteenth-century construction, located right under the villa that we can admire today.
In the episcopal archive of Città della Pieve today there is an entire room dedicated exclusively to the storage of documents relating to the agricultural activities of the lords of Fargna, among the greatest "landlords" in the pre-nineteenth century era of our territory.
Over time the properties were divided and sold to other noble families of the time. There are stories that tell of transfers of ownership for gambling debts and more.
In the early years of the 20th century, the Farm and the lands to the northeast passed into the ownership of German missionaries of the “Divine Word Society, who perhaps chose this place for the presence of water sources. Here, they opened a seminary for the training of aspiring missionaries in the German language, as well as producing oil, wheat and more. They were great producers and consumers of wine.
Following the Second World War, the property with the land and the related villa were exchanged by the missionaries with the Nobles of Montefiascone, also owners of other wineries and wine producers. Their famous EST EST EST.
In this area, war relics from the war that also affected this territory were found in the cellars and on the land. Uniforms, helmets and other equipment were left by German soldiers in 1944 during the liberation of Città della Pieve on 19 June by the Allies. This suggests that the missionaries (of whom we have no trace today) hosted German soldiers, their own compatriots, during the conflict and used the cellars as a logistical base for controlling the territory.
Today
the villa, the cellars and the land were acquired in our farm, with the aim of restoring the property to its former splendor and telling what happened inside the Farm during the years of maximum development. Telling the story and explaining various functions of these ancient machines.
At the estate, we are dedicating ourselves to the conservative restoration of the buildings, furnishings, and all the agricultural equipment left abandoned over time and found in the old adjacent stables.
But above all, we want to introduce these places, full of history, to those who will be able to appreciate it together with our genuine food, strictly produced by the company. We are waiting for you!
