catasta [Italian]

In Florence, Italy, ? –19ᵗʰ century, a unit of volume for firewood. Legally, the catasta was 24 cubic braccia, but in fact in commerce it was 18 cubic bracchia (about 3.5783 cubic meters).

Tavole (1877), page 290.

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