Tower of Sant'Alluccio

During the Middle Ages, the Tower of Sant'Alluccio dominated the ridge of Montalbano on the point where the road from Vinci passed on the opposite side to continue towards Bacchereto. At its feet are the springs of "holy water", the stream that continues downstream with the name of Rio di Balenaia and then Vincio. Its history is closely linked to that of the ancient hospital of the Counts Guidi which was located near the gorge of Balenaia, as recent and fortuitous archaeological finds seem to demonstrate. At the time of Leonardo, who represented it on Montalbano in the RL 12685 map of Windsor, it probably belonged already to the Florentine Ridolfi family. Currently the tower, incorporated in the building complex that belonged to the Spalletti counts, is located inside the Barco Reale but is in poor condition.