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THE OLD TRADES
The handicraft in the Mugello started to spread in the old
villages in the 14th century, influenced by the City of Florence.
The typical handicraft is still a reality in the workshops thanks
to the flourishing trade, while the museums have collected testimonies
from the past.
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the charming water-mills, which have been used in the Mugello since
the Middle Ages for grinding wheat, maize, chestnuts and animal fodder.
Most mills shut down with the arrival of the electricity in the beginning
of the 19th century. Only a few in Borgo San Lorenzo, Baberino di
Mugello, Firenzuola and Scarperia are still working. Scarperia is
more famous for the knife-making, which has a long tradition going
back 5 centuries when the inhabitants made knives for a big area of
Tuscany. The knife-makers organised the trade in a corporation in
1538 and the workshops kept on opening until the 19th century. Today
there are only five workshops left which follow the old tradition
in making hunting, kitchen and butcher knives, scissors and hooks.
In the area of the Alto Mugello the main tradition is the working
of sand-stone, as the area features a lot of this stone. Many villages
and fortresses in the Mugello are completely made in stone, not only
the buildings but also the paved streets, with elegant details. Armorial
bearings, friezes, lintels and roof ridges in stone decorated the
majestic villas of the noble Florentine families in the past. The
chair-mending and the forging of iron are two other activities in
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