REF. CODE: 2031 TYPE: manorial villa with park CONDITION: luxury finishes POSITION: hilly, very panoramic MUNICIPALITY: Sansepolcro PROVINCE: Arezzo REGION: Tuscany SIZE: 3,120 square meters (33,571 square feet) TOT. N° OF ROOMS: 50+ BEDROOMS: 10+ BATHROOMS: 20+ FEATURES: decorated stone fireplaces, coffered ceilings, Neoclassical façade, elevator, veranda with panoramic terrace, park with lush Italian garden, olive grove, cypress-lined avenue, tennis court, professional kitchen, frescoed halls, marble floors ANNEX: storage rooms, warehouse, lemon house ACCESS: excellent POOL: no ELECTRICITY: already connected WATER: mains water TELEPHONE: already connected ADSL: yes GAS: municipal network HEATING: radiators + air conditioning GARDEN: yes, well-maintained LAND: 4.3 hectares (10.6 acres)
NEAREST TOWNS
Historic center of Sansepolcro (1km; 5’), Anghiari (10km; 15’), Città di Castello (19km; 20’), Arezzo (38km; 40’), Perugia (70km; 50’), Montepulciano (85km; 1h 20’), Siena (95km; 1h 25’), Florence (110km; 1h 30’)
NEAREST AIRPOTRS
Perugia San Francesco (69km; 50’), Firenze A. Vespucci (132km; 1h 40’), Bologna G. Marconi (178km; 2h), Pisa G. Galilei (192km; 2h 20’), Roma Ciampino (252km; 2h 50’), Roma Fiumicino (266km; 2h 50’)
PRICE
EUR 5.800.000,00
DESCRIPTION
RELAIS CHATEAU FOR SALE IN TUSCANY
Romolini Immobiliare is proud and honored to have been appointed as sole agent, in collaboration with Colliers International, for the sale of the unique and superb Villa Fatti, one of the symbols of Sansepolcro’s recent history. On the hills overlooking the beautiful historic center of the town, in a very panoramic position with a spectacular view over the underlying Tiber Valley, we find a magnificent 2,700-sqm manorial villa with park and Italian garden. Laid over five floors, this impressive building currently houses 10 beautiful bedrooms (with the possibility of creating many more), offices and a huge professional kitchen ideal to start a prestigious restaurant, maybe coupled with a luxury boutique hotel.
The villa is just 1 km from the historic center of Sansepolcro, quickly reached on foot, which can offer all the necessary services (supermarkets, post offices, banks, pharmacies…). Sansepolcro is a beautiful medieval town in the Tiber Valley, hometown of two of the greatest men of the Renaissance. Piero della Francesca (born 1416 or 1417), painter and theorist, was one of the most influential painters of Italy, a recognized genius of Renaissance, and his masterwork, The Resurrection, is still in Sansepolcro, sheltered in the Museo Civico. Speaking of geniuses from Sansepolcro, Luca Pacioli (born circa 1445) was all but a common man as well and left its signature in works of religion, mathematics, art, architecture and even economics, paving the way to concepts and ideas which are still valid nowadays.
From the villa, one can easily move throughout Tuscany and Umbria, visiting their most interesting and beautiful cities (Anghiari, Arezzo, Città di Castello, Cortona, Perugia, Montepulciano, Assisi, Pienza, Siena, Florence…).
The closest airport is in Perugia (69km; 50’) but for international and intercontinental flights we strongly suggest the terminals in Florence, Pisa, Bologna and Rome.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGS
The wonderfulvilla (2,700 sqm – 29,052 sqft, 10 bedrooms and 20 bathrooms) is laid over five floors, all connected through an elevator and organized as follows:
- Basement: technical room for the systems of the villa, ample professional kitchen with refrigerating rooms and pantries, tasting room, conference hall, two guest bathrooms and services for the staff;
- Ground floor: entrance room, reception, multipurpose room, restaurant with kitchen, breakfast room, music hall and two bathrooms;
- First floor: meeting room, several offices (many of which easily converted into bedrooms), two service bathrooms and two bedrooms with en-suite bathroom;
- Second floor: entrance room, cozy sitting room and eight bedrooms with en-suite bathroom;
- Third floor: ample lofts, two closets and an exquisite veranda overlooking the historic center of Sansepolcro and the Tiber Valley. Through a staircase one can reach the stunning panoramic terrace (40 sqm) located on the roof of the building.
In a secluded position from the villa there is an ample underground warehouse (156 sqm – 1,678 sqft) which could be converted into a cozy wellness center, with the possibility of building a swimming pool, or even into a keeper’s house.
The property is then completed by several technical rooms (184 sqm – 1,980 sqft), a storage room (60 sqm – 646 sqft) and a small lemon house (20 sqm – 215 sqft) which could also be used as a cozy summer living area.
STATE AND FINISHES
The villa, in typical 19th-century style, dominates Sansepolcro from the hill. The current fascinating look was given to the building with a restoration ordered in the first two decades of the 20th century by Luigi Fatti (whence the name). The façade of the villa boasts a Neoclassical style, with the lower floors highlighted by a well-visible ashlar (bugnato). The upper floors, on the other hand, bear a striking resemblance with late-Renaissance palaces visible in Rome and Florence, with half-columns, epistyles and gabled windows leading onto a panoramic balcony.
Inside, the building offers ample and bright halls with superb finishes that were carefully preserved and valorized during the restoration of the 1990s. We can find frescoes, coffered ceilings, original stone fireplaces, marble and parquet floors and many more details giving the manor a refined and luxurious look.
The breathtaking veranda and the rooftop terrace were built when Luigi Fatti first restored and reworked the villa.
EXTERIORS
The villa is located at the heart of a 4.3-hectare plot of land, covered for the most part with a beautiful English park (3.0 ha). The villa features two entrances: the historic one is a typical cypress-lined avenue closed by a gate; the second one, more recent, winds up the hill and leads to several parking areas before reaching the rear entrance of the villa.
A short distance from the villa, in a slightly secluded position, is located a tennis court.
The remaining surface (roughly 1.3 hectares) is dotted by 360 olive trees producing excellent extra-virgin olive oil.
The sumptuous and lush Italian garden, located both on the front and the rear of the villa, has been carefully recovered and landscaped between 1992 and 1993, when the whole complex was restored under the supervision of architect Lucina Caravaggi. The original look of the garden was of paramount importance and many of its features have been preserved and/or recreated, among which graveled and paved walkways, hedges, terraces, uncommon trees and fountains.
USE AND POTENTIAL USES
The villa, finely and masterfully restored, houses many rooms currently used as offices and a huge professional kitchen with a restaurant hall in the basement. The superb finishes of the building, the ample surfaces available and the undisputed prestige of the villa would easily allow converting it into a luxury boutique hotel (creating more bedrooms in lieu of the offices) with a huge restaurant capable of offering both local dishes and international cuisine. Also, the impressive Italian garden would be the perfect frame and background for events, ceremonies and weddings.
Alternatively, the villa is also ideal as a representative seat for a prestigious company that could exploit the existing halls for events, commemorations and work meetings.
The term Castle derives from castellum which, in turn, derives from Castrum, a Latin term that refers to a military settlement. It is, in fact, in Roman times that we find the first elements of castles, architectural structures that become even more important with the advent of the barbarians. These peoples, nomads and mostly devoted to hunting and war, were also particularly ferocious and it was therefore required to fortify the already existing military facilities.
With the fall of the Roman Empire and the advent of the Middle Ages the decentralization of power required the creation of different types of fortification. At the beginning the scene was dominated by the watch towers whose purpose was primarily military.
The different economic and social structure, typical of the Middle Ages, then, required the creation of fortified towns. The castle became, therefore, the nucleus of a decentralized economy that, from the city, now moved to the countryside. That’s why the castle appeared as real fortified village.
In modern times, with the advent of various forms of fortification, the castle lost its defensive role. The various castles began, therefore, to be converted into residences for noble families.
Currently many of the castles in Italy and Europe are in need of renovation and therefore represent an unique opportunity to give a new life to a piece of history.
Owning a castle, live in a castle and, even more, to revive a castle is surely one of the most exciting experiences of life.
