Grassina, a lovely little village close to Florence is probably most famous for its Christmas and Easter parades but it has a whole host of other wonderful attractions to offer you too! Known as the ‘village of washer women’, Grassina was once where the wealthy of Florence and neighbouring towns sent their linen to be washed.
Two rivers flow past Grassina which dozens of washer women went to with donkey drawn carts of dirty laundry and spend hours scrubbing clean.
Stay at a picturesque villa in Grassina where you can explore this charming little place with ease for a few days. See some of the tools they used on display in Grassina village which can help tourists illustrate the hard work these women undertook to make a living for themselves. In the main square of the village there is a monument erected in honour of the laundress. This life size bronze statues depicts a women stopped over in an act of washing laundry. Read More
Two rivers flow past Grassina which dozens of washer women went to with donkey drawn carts of dirty laundry and spend hours scrubbing clean.
Stay at a picturesque villa in Grassina where you can explore this charming little place with ease for a few days. See some of the tools they used on display in Grassina village which can help tourists illustrate the hard work these women undertook to make a living for themselves. In the main square of the village there is a monument erected in honour of the laundress. This life size bronze statues depicts a women stopped over in an act of washing laundry. Read More
