It has to be the Balkans. One can still see wooden rakes, and wooden wheels in rural Romania. But you know this is not so fun to visit. Bulgaria is nice to visit and western Turkey for peasants, but none of these places have the rich medieval architecture you are seeking.

Saw numerous wooden rakes, scythes, etc in northeastern Slovakia. Very few cows. But MOST amazing was a wooden cart, made not of lumber but of birch logs (looked like it had just driven out of the 12th century), pulled (of course) by a horse. I almost stopped to take a picture, but then thought the driver might feel uncomfortable knowing I deemed him a Kodak experience. All in all, eastern Slovakia wasn't medieval, but certainly the clock stopped in 1945.

Yes, I do. I know of loads in the Dordogne and Quercy and Languedoc-Roussillon...and Aveyron and Lozère....but I'm not telling.

Interior Sardinia. Untouched.

Thanks, StCirq, you've brought a smile to my face, and I've only begun my first cup of coffee. J.

RAR, I'm tagging too ;-)