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Lionard Luxury Real Estate Via dei Banchi, 6 - ang. Piazza S. Maria Novella 50123 Florence Italy Tel. +39 055 0548100 Fax. +39 055 0548150 Florence Tuscany villas with pool and wine cellars DESCRIPTION This noble luxury villa in Tuscany dates to the 15th century, furnished in the style of the period, including wood ceilings and tile and stone floors, is located only 6 kilometres from downtown Florence. The initial structure was a tower house of the 15th century, after which various additions were made in different periods; during the latest restoration, the remains of the defensive wall that bound the courtyard of the historic settlement were brought back to light. A roomy swimming poll and a small chapel built in recent times are also part of the villa complex, which is framed by thickets of cypresses and olive trees and further adorned by venerable vases made form the local impruneta clay and holding scented lemon plants. The main villa for sale, plus the attached secondary structure, offer floor space of 1048 m2: the position of this property in Tuscany for sale, halfway up the hillside, provides a view of the entire plain below, stretching all the way to the hills of Fiesole and Monte Morello, and the time-honoured scents of the land of Tuscany are in the air. The land belonging to the property is capable of producing noteworthy quantities of olive oil and top quality wine. There is an outbuilding of 144 m2 for agricultural use, plus cellars equipped with venerable oak casks and earthenware tankards. The
two farmhouses found further down in the valley from the main luxury home, themselves also restructured only recently, have respective surface areas of 243 m2 and 232 m2 and are laid out on two floors with loggias and a wood-fired stove in the roofed cooking zone. Different paths lead from the three residential units to a tennis court framed by setting of bountiful olive trees. The entire estate sits on 30 acres of land, of which 1500 m2 are planted with olive trees, while the remaining 11,500 m2 hold a vineyard of excellent quality, able to turn out considerable quantities of wine. Near the vineyard is an outbuilding for farming measuring approximately 144 m2, in addition to the cellars holding the old-fashioned oak casks and earthenware tankards complete one of the most beautiful Tuscan villas. TECHNICAL DETAILS LOCATION Though there were minor settlements on the site of modern-day Scandicci as early as Roman times, the first mention of the town in official documents comes only in 1774, when the Leopoldine Reform established the community of Casellina e Torri (the town s former name). Still, Scandicci stayed a small town until the 1960 s, when a veritable wave of immigration, especially from Florence, tripled Scandicci s population in slightly less than 10 years. The zone has always held a large number of villas, demonstrating that the well-to-do craftsmen and bourgeoisie of yesteryear sought not only a comfortable residence distant from the chaos of the city, but also a home reflecting the artistic culture nurtured and developed in Florence, of which Scandicci was a satellite. In these villas, it is not uncommon to find creations by the same artists called on to do more important works in nearby Florence. Workers and artists had greater opportunity to exercise their talents, with the most accomplished adding glory and fame to the Florentine school. Together with natural spots, such as the La Roveta wooded area, Scandicci still preserves this intellectual spirit of a town in tune with cultural developments and stirrings, as demonstrated, in the past, by the presence of figures such as the poet Dino Campana and D.H. Lawrence, who wrote what may be his most famous work, Lady Chatterley s Lover, while living in Scandicci. Interiors surface: 1734 m2 Exteriors surface: 13 he medici villa: 1048 m2 warehouse: 144 m2 1st farmhouse: 243 m2 + loggia 42 m2
2nd farmhouse: 232 m2 + loggia 25 m2 wine-cellar private chapel tennis court with locker room and shower heated swimming pool olive grove: 1500 m2 vineyard: 1,5 he Florence: 3 km - Lucca: 55 km - Pisa: 60 km - Siena: 50 km - Forte dei Marmi: 75 km - Sky slopes: 48 km - Golf Club Ugolino: 10 km - Thermal bath 35 km - Florence Airport: 5 km - Highway exit: A1 Firenze Nord 2 km Rif.: 0034 Price: On Application
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