THE ESTATE

Today, although Tenuta Mocajo has passed into new ownership, the Boutourlin family coat of arms remains a distinctive feature of the estate, bearing witness to a history rich in charm and transformation.

The coat of arms, visible in the estate logo, in the decorative details of the main villa and in the stained-glass windows of the neo-Gothic chapel, provides a link with the past and with the Russian Count Dmitrij Petrovič Buturlin, who left an indelible mark on these lands in the 19th century.

The coat of arms is quartered: in the first and fourth quarters, on a gold field, a black eagle with wings displayed, crowned in gold and emerging from the partition; in the second, on an ermine field, a closed gold crown, banded in the colour of the field and lined in red; in the third, on an azure field, an arm in armour holds a silver scimitar bendwise with gold fittings; finally, at the centre, a red shield bears a gold eagle with lowered wings.

Dmitrij Petrovič Buturlin, a member of this illustrious family and a passionate bibliophile, managed the copper mine at Montecatini Val di Cecina between 1873 and 1879. A lover of nature and country life, he spent long periods at the Mocajo estate.

During his administration, he introduced important innovations: he reduced the miners’ working hours, installed a telegraph office, promoted the construction of a new road linking Mocajo with the surrounding area, and supported the building of the church, which was consecrated on 14 September 1878.

His death, at just 51 years of age, was a great loss to the community, depriving it of a man who had made a significant contribution to the modernisation of the mine and the surrounding area. To this day, Tenuta Mocajo proudly preserves this heraldic symbol, keeping alive the memory of an era in which one man’s foresight and commitment helped make these lands a centre of progress and innovation.