Rif. 0370
Lionard Luxury Real Estate Via de Tornabuoni, 1 50123 Florence Italy Tel. +39 055 0548100 Lazio Rome Property For Sale Near Rome DESCRIPTION Property for sale near Rome featuring a very quaint real estate complex built on a hill in the XI century by Abbot John V. The abbey in still dominates the medieval village below with its imposing structure. Conceived as a feudal castle, in order to establish the monastic rule on Subiaco, over the centuries the building assumed different functions, from fortress, to luxurious palace and residence of popes and cardinals until 1753 when Pope Benedict XIV finally included Subiaco and its abbey in the Papal States. After the damage caused by the earthquake in 1348, the fortress was restored in 1476 by Rodrigo Borgia who sold it to Cardinal Giovanni Colonna after becoming Pope with the name of Alexander VI. In the following centuries earthquakes and war ravaged and undermined the integrity of the abbey and it became uninhabitable. The work commissioned in 1778 by Pius VI to the architect Pietro Camporesi brought prestige to it again, but it lost all the original features of the medieval fortress to be more comfortable and to adapt to the new needs. Developed on four floors and with an irregular plan, the main building of the complex is in good condition. A large courtyard in front of the entrance is dominated by a beautiful elliptical staircase and a majestic portal created by the architect Camporese for Pius VI in 1779. A wide staircase leads to the apartments "Braschi" located on the second floor of the building. They consist of seven rooms, all skillfully painted in the second half of the XVIII century by Liborio Coccetti and the Zuccari brothers. The locals are full of elegant and sober decoration and finishing in Pompeian style. Walls decorated with beautiful frescoes, beautiful fireplaces, golden frames and low reliefs make the atmosphere
attractive and charming. The throne room with representations of scenes from the Old Testament, the banquet living room with beautiful frescoes, the Borgian quadrangular tower and the clock tower as well as all other rooms have artistic features and decorative motifs strongly suggestive and full of history. Noteworthy it's also the chapel in neoclassicalbaroque style with octagonal shape. The altar is dominated by an elegant canopy of yellow marble where are set lapis lazuli and emeralds, while the neo-classical columns are topped with Corinthian capitals. Despite the main building is in good condition, other buildings of the complex need renovation.te real estate complex has a strategic position for transport hubs and is located near to Rome, making it an ideal option for residential or commercial development by those examining suitable properties in Lazio. TECHNICAL DETAILS LOCATION Subiaco, located on a hill in the upper Valley dell'aniene, is one of the most important areas of Lazio thanks to the great appeal of its religious monasteries, the beauty of its monuments and the charm of the surrounding nature. Its Latin name, Sublacum or Sublaqueum, originates from the artificial lakes (Simbruina Stagna) that Emperor Nero made built, blocking the course dell'aniene, upstream of the town where he built a luxurious villa, where today you can visit the ruins. The territory of Subiaco was once inhabited by the Equi, who, after a series of battles, were finally subdued in 304 BC by Romans. Then Romans, to crush their predictable revolt, created the tribus Aniensis and linked the area with Urbe to improve the traffic flow and the life quality of people through the power of new aqueducts that used the enormous water resources in the area. Thank to the particular religiosity of the population, Christianity spread very quickly in the Valley. At the end of the V century Benedict of Norcia came to Subiaco, who fled from Rome, founded the first Benedictine monastery and twelve other monasteries which he entrusted to his followers. With the Saracen raids, however, they were all destroyed, except one called Sacro Speco and that one that will be then dedicated to St. Scholastica, twin sister of Benedict. Over time St. Scholastica became a great monastery, a veritable feudal power, because of its possessions extended to wide areas in Lazio. The Rocca Abbaziale was built in the XI century by Abbot John V, who turned it into an equipped feudal castle which controlled the valley and Subiaco. Two terrible earthquakes in 1298 and in 1348, the floods of Aniene and the famous Black Death even in 1348, marked the end of the splendor of the Abbey of Subiaco. Under the Barberini the Abbey finally became fully independent. Subiaco, after 1870, became part of the new Kingdom of Italy. At the end of World War II the city was enlarged with new neighborhoods and new roads and Subiaco returned to be a magnet for religious tourism. Interiors surface: 1272 m2 Exteriors surface: 5137 m2 Building A: 812 m2 Building B: 400 m2 Ex custodian house: 60 m2 Ex stables Chapel Car park Rome km 70 - Tivoli km 36 - Thermal Baths km 16 - Golf Club km 18 - Highway exit: exit Vicovaro-Mandela km 23.
Rif.: 0370 Price: On Application
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Lionard Luxury Real Estate FLORENCE MILAN Via de Tornabuoni, 1 50123 Tel. +39 055 0548100 florence@lionard.com Via Borgonuovo, 20 20121 39 02 25061442 milan@lionard.com