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In the 12th century Becchinianian monks, barefooted and dressed with sheepskin, crossed
the Metauro to have their grain ground.
In those times nobody called the mill "Mulino della Ricavata" but there might already
have been somebody, who found gold pieces in the river. About the middle of the15th century,
when Federico da Montefeltro started the construction of the Barco
the name already had been changed to "Mulino di Orcavati".
and that's how it remaind for the next centuries, while the Dukes of Urbino
sailed the Metauro on their boats, to reach the Barco, their hunting residence.
One fact is certain, that in 1861, when Terenzio Grossi and his gang of robbers attacked
the mill it's name was "Mulino di Arcavata".
"Mulino della Ricavata" is it's today, grinding was stopped, it has become an Agriturismo,
a place where to rest and relax.
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