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MULINO LORI
Taking the road that leads to Castro the Lori Mill is immediately after the bridge.The Mill was built in the second half of the XIX century and was part of a series of three mills (Castro, Interprete and Piano) build by a certain Serafino Capponi (called Zarrò), a brigand who had made his fortune through banditry.It is a water mill using the double cascade uptake system with a canal parallel to the river and two millstones, one for maize, the other for grain. The building is divided into three floors, with the mill on the first floor. Access was through a door which was fairly wide because the donkey carrying the sacks had to be able to come in too. Inside, apart from the millstone there are all the work tools and a stump which was used to lay the full sack on. Once the grain or maize had been weighed on the stadera (scale) it was put into the hopper to be ground.Grinding took place by diverting the course of the river. This made the paddles and the wheel turn. Payment was either in the form of money or in kind (flour).
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