REF. CODE: 808 TYPE: country house CONDITION: completely restored POSITION: hilly, panoramic MUNICIPALITY: Castiglione del Lago PROVINCE: Perugia REGION: Umbria SIZE: 950 square metres (10,226 square feet) TOT. N° OF ROOMS: 37 BEDROOMS: 20 BATHROOMS: 21 FEATURES: original brick and stone construction, brick built arches, terracotta flooring, fireplace, ceilings with wooden beams and terracotta tiles ANNEX: newly built construction divided into 8 studio apartments ACCESS: unpaved road (50 m) POOL: 14 x 6 m ELECTRICITY: already connected WATER: mains water, private well TELEPHONE: already connected ADSL: yes GAS: LPG HEATING: radiators GARDEN: well maintained LAND: 3 hectares (7.4 acres) with 1.000 olive trees
NEAREST TOWNS
Nearest village (1,5km); Chiusi (4km; 7’); Castiglione del Lago (13km; 20’); Magione (25km; 39’); Tuoro sul Trasimeno (29km; 37’); Montepulciano (30km; 50’); Passignano sul Trasimeno (32km;39’); Cortona (32km; 43’); Perugia (43km; 57’); Assisi (66km; 1h 21’); Spello (70km; 1 h 17’); Montalcino (70km; 1h 26’); Arezzo (72km; 1 h 2’); Todi (81km; 1h 17’); San Gimignano (133km; 2h).
NEAREST AIRPOTRS
Perugia Sant’Egidio (52km; 1h 5’); Firenze Peretola (142km; 1 h 42’); Roma Ciampino (182km; 1h 57’); Roma Fiumicino (228km; 2h 23’); Bologna Marconi (234km; 2 h 27’); Forlì (310km; 3h 9’).
PRICE
EUR 1.580.000,00
DESCRIPTION
VILLA FOR SALE IN CASTIGLION DEL LAGO
GEOGRAPHIC POSITION
Only 1.5 km from a village with facilities, in the vicinity of Lake Trasimeno and the border with Tuscany, in a slightly hilly and panoramic position, old farmhouse dating back to 1684, currently working as a rental business.
The country house is ideally located a few kilometers from the border with Tuscany, in a convenient location from which you can easily reach many historical and cultural centres, including Cortona, Montepulciano, Siena, Pienza, Perugia, Orvieto, Spoleto and Todi.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING
Expanding over a total surface of about 750 square metres and set on two levels, the country house is composed as follows.
- Ground floor: five bedrooms, five bathrooms and four kitchens. Typical restaurant with inside toilet, outside toilet, kitchen, utility room, dining hall and smaller hall.
- First floor: five apartments with seven bedrooms (of which two with mezzanine floor), seven kitchens and seven bathrooms.
This building is very comfortable and bright with large windows overlooking the garden.
The dependance (approx. 180 sqm), partially built with bricks and partially plastered, is composed of eight studio apartments, each with private entrance, bedroom and bathroom.
EXTERNAL AREA
The property is completed by a 14 x 6 m swimming pool, wood sheds, as well as by 3 hectares of land with centuries old trees and approx. 1.000 olive trees.
It is possible to purchase 20 hectares of land and a nearby villa with private pool.
The word Villa refers to an architectural typology whose meaning has evolved over the centuries. In the Roman Age, the villa was a house built for the upper classes. In the Post Roman Age, villa referred to a sort of village, similar to a fortified and self-sufficient farm whose inhabitants were called "villani" or "villici". It is with the architect and philosopher Leon Battista Alberti and his masterpieces Villa and De re edificatoria that the Villa starts to be considered as a place of pleasure and leisure. In the Renaissance villas, the first example of which is considered Villa Medici in Fiesole, the typically military and defensive features of rustic medieval castles are, for the first time, abandoned. This new conception of villa starts, therefore in Tuscany and, then, spreads to other courts of Italy and Europe. The Palladian villas, built in the sixteenth century in the area of Vicenza and along the Riviera del Brenta, represent examples that remained very influential for over four centuries.
It is very interesting to note how the term "villa" is commonly used in the English language. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, in fact, even in England this new architectural style became fashion and the word "villa" was so officially adopted also by the into English language. In the nineteenth century people began to talk about Villas simply referring to isolated buildings in the countryside, to emphasize the contrast with the houses joined together. This is a brief history of the architectural style protagonist of this portal, the Villa, whether we are talking about a farmhouse converted into a prestigious dwelling, a modern villa, a castle, a Medicean villa or a villa abroad.