In need of restoration but endless possibilities!
Castello Mazziotti is located in one of Italy’s best kept secrets, Bella Calabria. Calabria, in Italy’s south, is still largely untouched by visitors from overseas making it one of the most authentic and pure Italian geographies in existence. This beautiful Castle is nestled in the heart of Old Italy’s wine and olive country centered a little over an hour away from both the Ionian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea. This historic property built in the early 1900’s for the Baroni Mazziotti holds enormous potential for renovation with possibilities of becoming a thriving Vineyard, Olive Orchard, Bed and Breakfast, or anything ones imagination can drum up
Saracena (Greek: Sarakine) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The town is bordered by Altomonte, Castrovillari, Firmo, Lungro, Morano Calabro, Mormanno, Orsomarso and San Basile and is home to the Church of San Leone, a 12th-century Byzantine church. The town’s patron is San Leone di Catania, who is celebrated twice a year, once in the spring, then again in late summer.
Like Palermo and Tropea, Saracena was renowned for its souk (suk, or street market) during the period of Arab Sicily from the ninth century until the Normam Period, in which Arab-Sicilian influence remained strong up until 1200 AD.
Wines
The village of Saracena is noted for the specialty dessert wine produced in the area, Moscato di Saracena, made in a passito (straw wine) style from a blend of several white Italian grape varieties including Coda di Volpe bianca (known locally as Guarnaccia bianca), Malvasia bianca di Candia, Addoraca and Muscat blanc à Petits Grains (known locally as Moscatello d Saracena).
Reference
Jevollela, M. 2005, Le radici islamiche dell’Europa, Boroli Editore, Milano.
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