The farmhouse is situated at a cross-roads between two ancient people's territories: the Longobards and the Byzantines, from whom the Emilia-Romagna cultural background have descended.
The continuous war between two different ways of life has gone on through the centuries, the Papacy against the Emperor and Este Duches of Modena and Ferrara against the Bologna seignory.
Many evidences of ancient people settlements are gathered in many civic museums all over the area.
Some of the more interesting are:

Terramara di Montale
Civic Museum of Bazzano
Monte Bibele Museum
Civic Museum of Bologna

The country house is a few km from Maranello: the town of the Ferrari factory and museum.