Castellina Marittima | the hamlet of Terriccio

The hamlet, today famous for the production of excellent wine, has remote origins dating back to Etruscan times and the mining of iron and copper, an activity that has left evidence here in abandoned mines.

Its origin as a village dates back to the early Middle Ages, when the locality is mentioned under the name of Doglia and is documented by the presence of an important church dedicated to San Donato. The hilly area (around the current estate) was characterised by barren land where brushwood grew – hence the derogatory name – but in reality it constituted an outpost of the Republic of Pisa in the control of the Tyrrhenian coast, of which very few traces remain today.

The castle remained in the possession of the Caetani family for five centuries until it came under the ownership of the Polish princes Poniatowski, who sold it after the First World War to Count Serafini Ferri, who consolidated its agricultural vocation by transforming it into a modern farm with olive groves and vineyards.