LITTLE DOCTOR
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However, we must point out that the hunter Giovanni Petracchi was not the only person to die bizarre in those places. a few years before, exactly on 9 November 1804, the agricultural laborer Agata Vignoli, while she was producing oil inside the mill, fell in the middle of the big millstones and died. One of these large stone millstones is still present, resting on the lawn in front of Villa Huygens. A curious fact is that the Vignoli husband, certainly Angiolo Bestini was a paramilitary of Leghorn hunters. A few years later, in April 1836, Maria Scolastica Andreoni, the Leghorn hunters paramilitary body seamstress, was found dead without eyes. She was found on the tree-lined avenue next to the stone garden and showed no sign of rotting. Given the particular circumstances of death, the authorities decided to put the woman in observation for 15 days. After this period the woman was buried in a desecrated camp near the church of the Valle Benedetta called "hermitage" which later became the new cemetery of the Valle Benedetta. The original cemetery was placed next to the church and precisely on the left side looking at the church. Maria Scolastica Andreoni was the first "guest" of what later became the new cemetery. About 20 years later, the body of Andreoni was exhumed during the works to enlarge the cemetery led by the parish priest of the time, Don Pietro Minassi. The body was still intact, with no signs of aging. It was decided to cremate the body to give it eternal peace.The body was burned in front of the cemetery where today there is a cross dedicated to the fallen of the First World War. The ashes of the woman were handed over to exorcist monks of the Sambuca monastery who decided to throw the ashes into a small river that today is called "Infernaccio". A legend tells that the stream waters sometimes catch fire. Another rumor says that in the sands of Infernaccio the hermits had found gold, in fact in the 80s the researchers had found some straws. It is thought that the vein of gold has been exhausted by the monks.
There are many legends that revolve around the tree-lined avenue of Villa Huygens and the stone garden, built by Antonio Huygens to grace the favors of the Romitone. Precisely these legends say that the noble Huygens was responsible for those strange deaths. Even today it is possible to access the stone garden even if the wild vegetation has covered part of the stone structures. Anyone entering the garden immediately understands to enter a place out of reality. Now it is time to reveal an important detail that few people know: even the Romitone wanted to build a garden to reciprocate the gift made by Huygens. The garden in question is called "garden of life". The entrance is still today in front of Villa Huygens. The two gardens run alongside and the tree-lined avenue divides them. The entrance to the stone garden is placed in a level position preceded by a small labyrinth made of hedges. The entrance to the garden of life consists of a large iron gate, then the garden is positioned downhill, as if going to the underworld. At one time this garden was incredibly beautiful, full of fruit trees and flowers, ponds and water fountains. All this made the garden seem like a paradise, but in the underground the private hell of the noble Huygens was hidden. According to legend, the noble spends the daylight hours in the garden and then reaches the villa balcony in the night.
There are many legends that revolve around the tree-lined avenue of Villa Huygens and the stone garden, built by Antonio Huygens to grace the favors of the Romitone. Precisely these legends say that the noble Huygens was responsible for those strange deaths. Even today it is possible to access the stone garden even if the wild vegetation has covered part of the stone structures. Anyone entering the garden immediately understands to enter a place out of reality. Now it is time to reveal an important detail that few people know: even the Romitone wanted to build a garden to reciprocate the gift made by Huygens. The garden in question is called "garden of life". The entrance is still today in front of Villa Huygens. The two gardens run alongside and the tree-lined avenue divides them. The entrance to the stone garden is placed in a level position preceded by a small labyrinth made of hedges. The entrance to the garden of life consists of a large iron gate, then the garden is positioned downhill, as if going to the underworld. At one time this garden was incredibly beautiful, full of fruit trees and flowers, ponds and water fountains. All this made the garden seem like a paradise, but in the underground the private hell of the noble Huygens was hidden. According to legend, the noble spends the daylight hours in the garden and then reaches the villa balcony in the night.