Paliano. Mola de' Piscoli

The first documents on the tower of Piscoli date back to 1332 when it was an isolated tower that was part of a military communications system for controlling Vias Prenestina, Labicana and Latina.
Later the tower was surrounded by a moat fed by the river Sacco, and by a wall within which there were also other buildings for servants and for grain and olive oil deposits.
Outside the fence there are the buildings of the grinding wheels with millstones driven by the water of a channel of the river Sacco. In the Middle Ages, the Tower of Piscoli was access to Paliano from the south, and here was built the low arch bridge made of rough tuff over the river.
The tower belonged to the Colonna family, and in 1537 a certain John Piscoli, from whom it took its name. In 1778, the grinding wheel was shown in the lists of revenue of Genazzano Colonna.