Friday, January 29, 2016

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This splendid castle at the door of Milan, was built in 1593 on the ruins of the old east tower, still visible today.
Property of an illustrious Lombardy family until the end of the 1800’s, this castle was for a long time the venue of many cultural events and conferences attended by personalities like Alessandro Volta, Antonio Scarpa and Lorenzo Mascheroni.
It was later bought by another eminent family in 1900, when it underwent a great work of restoration converting it to private abode. This is the status by which it is presented today, perfectly kept and preserved in all its detail.
The garden was redesigned and restored at the time: the architect who carried out this project worked on the basis of a 1737 design by Giovanni Antonio Veneroni.
The hill overlooking the Italian style garden is terraced. The result is outstanding: it is a marvel to the eye and the result is truly unique.
Unique as the castle, just a few kilometres from Milan.
Built on a U shape plan, this castle for sale has a total living surface of 6500 m2. Built with bare brick, the estate features a central body  and two wings marked by two square towers overlooking a courtyard with a breath taking view.
A driveway of 3 kilometres crosses the private park of woods, fields and vineyards, arriving at the castle positioned on the top of a hill. The building is completely surrounded by grounds

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The veranda lookout had me at hello. And it also has a private beach on Lake Maggiore.
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Price: 2.5 to 5 million euros, full listing & photos here.


Seventeenth Century Castle, Ideal for Archery Enthusiasts

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The roof would be a great place for target practice with your bow & arrow.
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The acoustics would probably be good too. A few kilometres from the city of Ravenna, pPrice: 5 to 10 million euros, full listing here.


Medieval Fixer-Upper

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Castello di Sapia, originally constructed in the Late Middle Ages, lies in the heart of the “Crete” Hills of Siena. It comes complete with a medieval lookout tower.
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The listing notes that “major restructuring is necessary for use as a residence and/or home.”
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Price: € 2.500.000, full listing & property photos here.


The Bulgari family’s old seaside shack (private beach included)

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Perched on a reef of the Etruscan coast, the villa is also known as Villa Godilonda and has been owned by the famous poet Gabriele D’Annunzio and more recently by the Bulgari family. The villa boasts 28 suites and a private beach but the listing mentions the property needs restoration. It also notes that it would be possible to built a heliport. You know, just in case.
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Price: € 8.000.000, full listing here.


 Three for One: Castle + Vineyard + Olive Grove

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“Dating back to the 17th century, this property is a true architectural masterpiece and is nestled in the green hills of Tuscany, in the heart of the famous Chianti area. There is a producing vineyard for the production of excellent Tuscan wine and an olive grove for making extra virgin olive oil.”
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It also looks like it might have its own prison for your power-tripping convenience ↑
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Price: Over 10 million euros, full listing here.


Extremely photogenic Villa in Lucca

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Looks like a good wedding spot. Also a good spot to live out the rest of your days in paradise.
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Price: 5 to 10 million euros. Full listing.


Pinocchio’s Villa

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The Gardener of this luxurious villa was also the father of Carlo Lorenzini, the author of Pinocchio. The writer decided to set the masterpiece that made him famous, in this magnificent property near Lucca built in the 1600s, and that is why the Villa bears the name Villa Pinocchio.
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Price: Over 10 million euros, full listing here.


Historic Castle complete with slaughter house and private family graveyard.

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The description lists such amenities as: “stables, the slaughter house, large cellars, the medieval chapel dedicated and the private family graveyard”. Oh and there’s also a drawbridge. Awesome.
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It looks like the property has been used as a venue for events by the previous owners.
Let’s hope to get a few more butts in those seats in the near future.
Price: Over 10 million euros. Full listing here.


Owner wanted for Ligura Castle with a garden in need of a good trim

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Built in 1911, in Coppedè style, as was fashionable during that period, and features a total floor surface of 800 m2 over six floors for a total of 26 rooms and halls.
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This cave entryway is pretty fantastic too.
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The price is 2.5 to 5 million euros, full listing here.
Looking through these properties for sale gives me a mixed feeling of wonderment and sadness. Amazed by these beautiful and vast estates with their elliptical staircases, medieval frescoes,  and sweeping views over vineyards, but saddened by the ghostly absence of the families and communities that once inhabited them. You can almost hear the chatter of party guests on a warm summer’s evening, the echoes of laughing children that knew every hiding place, the sprinkling of water being hosed over the flower beds by a proud gardener whose entire family had been employed here for generations.
See for yourself just how many big empty Italian castles there are for sale on Lionard.com

een: there are in fact two gardens: one positioned on the south side and the other on the north side.  The first has a typical Italian style layout with box hedges, lawns, lanes, lemon nurseries and statues of gods and nymphs.  The second is an English style garden, with larch tree woods, oaks and chestnut trees.
In the inside, this prestigious castle for sale is a sight to the eyes. The main floor is rich in richly decorated halls, with frescos and finely furnished, refined drawing rooms and elegant dining rooms. A perfectly functional puppet theatre and a small internal chapel.
On the first floor there are a large number of bedrooms each with en- suite bathroom; there is also a precious room with tapestry.
In addition to this prestigious castle for sale in Milan we find the stables with three antique carriages complete with all its trappings.
Technical Details
Region: Lombardy
Municipality: Milano
Area: surrounding Milan
Type: castle for sale – castle in  Milan
Internal surface: 6500 m2
External surface:
Castle with U shape plan
Private park (with woods, fields and vineyards)
2 gardens (one Italian style and one English style)
Highly prestigious interiors
Frescos, tapestries, fine details
Stables
Lombardy - Milan. Milan 70 km - Monferrato 50 km - Monza 40 km - Lake Garda 100 km - Lake Como 90 km.
Rif 0635
Ref: 0635
price: On Application

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