We can still see chestnut trees belonging to ancient chestnut groves that were certainly cultivated as early as the Middle Ages, when the cultivation of this species was of fundamental importance to the subsistence economy of many areas. After years of abandonment, other vegetation invades and sometimes replaces these crops. On the Ligia Road, just before the town of Montecatini, a stretch of chestnut grove, well tended by the skilful hand of man, is still visible.We can still see chestnut trees belonging to ancient chestnut groves that were certainly cultivated as early as the Middle Ages, when the cultivation of this species was of fundamental importance to the subsistence economy of many areas. After years of abandonment, other vegetation invades and sometimes replaces these crops. On the Ligia Road, just before the town of Montecatini, a stretch of chestnut grove, well tended by the skilful hand of man, is still visible.