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A taste of paradise countryside.

The palomba also inspires the brand that the Gilotti family wanted to give to this fascinating place: a head of a dog turned towards one side as if to observe and guard the place.

A skilful "philological" restoration based on the reuse of everything that could be recovered, without distorting the site, has allowed, after about four years of intense work, to restore "the soul" to the farmhouses that open their gaze to nature, dominating a panorama of unparalleled harmony, beauty and charm and, at the same time, to express all the love that the Gilotti family has for these places.

The olive groves surround the property degrading from top to bottom as if to caress the soft hills; In the area of ​​the olive grove that lies on the hill overlooking the houses of the Passo della Palomba estate, there are interesting terraced olive groves built with ancient skill using the techniques of dry stone walls.

The terracing had the aim of containing the steep terrain and creating large flat areas where to cultivate the olive trees. These are fascinating constructions that still testify today to the ingenuity of man and his struggle for survival.

The terraces are very useful for the cultivation of the olive tree because they allow the seedlings to take more sun and drain the rainwater well and thus improve the quality of the olives.

The term "dry stone" indicates how the elements that make up the retaining wall are arranged close to each other without the use of mortar that acts as a binder.

The walls made in this way can have variable heights depending on the slope of the slopes on which they are built and equally variable lengths depending not only on the characteristics of the slopes, but also on the parceling of the territory. Generally at the base of the wall, which is very wide, a flat area (foot) is created that can be walked easily, thus giving the opportunity to take interesting walks along the walls or take care of the majestic olive trees during the various phenolic phases of the plant. In the Passo della Palomba estate there are beautiful examples of such ancient artifacts. The walls generally have an inward slope and the section is tapered.

This shape serves to improve soil containment.

If you look carefully you are amazed and wonder how such large boulders could have been arranged at those heights at the time when excavators and other lifting machines were certainly not available.