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The current building dates back to the sixteenth century. It was built on the ruins of an older church founded around the twelfth century, whose presence is attested by a bequest from 1350.

Susans Castle, a private castle and venue for ceremonies and banquets, was probably the site of a Roman castrum, later a strategic medieval fortress. Susans Castle was first mentioned in 1031 as "Suzan's villa". Already subject to the Church of Aquileia, the fiefdom was assigned to Tommaso di San Daniele in 1275. In 1304, the manor was enlarged and strengthened by the new owners Federico and Asquino di Varmo who worked to "raise the castle in a larger and more beautiful form". Involved in numerous wars, the fortress passed from the Varmo Pers to the lords of Colloredo Mels. Destroyed and rebuilt several times, the manor was built more or less in its current form, on a different site from the one previously occupied by the medieval fortress, in the second half of the seventeenth century, by Count Fabrizio di Colloredo Mels, Marquis of Santa Sofia, Prior of the Order of Santo Stefano in Lunigiana and major steward of the court of Tuscany, who wanted the castle as an elegant residence not detached from the context of the architectural tradition of the court. Medici Grand Ducal where Colloredo grew up and worked.

The mill now houses a museum spread over three floors, featuring material evidence and information panels where visitors can learn more about the milling process and the activities related to cereal cultivation.

The Belfiore mill was active as early as 1479, but it likely existed for a couple of centuries before that. At its peak, it had five vertical paddle wheels that powered the millstones on the ground floor, while the upper floors of the building housed the millers' families.

The Mills

Mills Area

The mills

Of the many mills that once existed along the Loncon River, the Belfiore mill is the only one to have retained its original features. The surviving documents date back to the second half of the 1400s, but it is very likely that the original structure predates by at least two centuries. Ownership changed hands over the centuries, until it came into the hands of the Della Pasqua family in 1800. It is currently owned by the Municipality of Pramaggiore. While the modern blades are visible on the outside, inside a beautiful ethnographic museum has been set up, housing both the ancient millstones and the gears of a milling system, as well as some testimonies of rural civilization, from agricultural tools to some everyday objects and furnishings. FAI