Between the River Cherio and the San Fermo Hills, there used to be numerous mills, all of which have now disappeared…except for one. We are talking about the small Acqua Sparsa Mill, which belonged to the Agazzi family for generations and can still be visited today.
The Acqua Sparsa Mill is situated not far from the large quarry in Grone, where a tiny hamlet has sprung up around this building, which houses a wooden structure dating back to the 1930s. Today, the mill is still active thanks to a mixed operation combining water and electricity.
Due to the springs of Acqua Sparsa, the mill has its name: through small channels dug into the rock, the water reaches the wheel, avoiding being “scattered”. The mill stands in a true oasis of tranquillity, immersed in greenery and out of time, which gives an idea of what life could have been like in a small hill village when the peasant civilisation still dominated our territory.
Today, the building can just be visited by small groups of people by prior arrangement.
