Stunning 15th-century listed villa with park, hamlet with country resort, vineyard, and olive grove for sale south of Florence. Rising elegantly over three floors and crowned by two dovecote towers, this distinguished 15th-century listed villa commands sweeping views across lined with vineyards and the rolling Chianti hills south of Florence. Its origins as a hunting lodge for a noble Florentine family remain legible in the architecture, while the six-ball Medicean crests and the twin towers added to the façade in the mid-1600s attest to its later acquisition by a branch of the De’ Medici family. The villa offers  1,590 sq m (17,114 sq ft) of interior space, enhanced by its extensive terrace and park, and is poised for a sympathetic renovation befitting its stature. A three-arched loggia on the ground floor leads into a welcoming foyer, followed by a study, living room, kitchen and a traditional orciaia. The first floor reveals a grand reception room opening onto a panoramic terrace, while a second loggia overlooks the villa’s secluded inner garden. A series of refined lounges, studies, dining rooms and bedroom suites occupies the first and second floors, culminating in the atmospheric dovecote towers and the attic level, where high timber-beamed ceilings preserve the rustic charm of the estate’s earliest chapters. By the late 18th century, the estate had expanded to include graceful farm buildings in the characteristic Leopoldine style, forming a rural hamlet that still frames the villa today and completes the picture of an historic rural domain. It comprises fifteen self-contained apartments totalling 1,252 sq m (13,476 sq ft), is presented in good condition. Additional deposits, warehouses, a historic oil mill and cellars add a further 1,260 sq m (13,563 sq ft) of structures. The estate spans 113 hectares (279 acres) of private land, extending southwest into productive olive groves and vineyards and northeast across arable fields, pasture and woodland. A property of exceptional historic and architectural significance, this Medicean-era estate offers a rare opportunity to steward a landmark of the Florentine countryside, equally suited to discerning private ownership or for an elegant country resort in one of Tuscany’s most coveted landscapes.
Property Ref.: FIR2616Location: Reggello, Province: Florence, Region: TuscanyType: historical villa from the Medicean time built on several levels for roughly 1590 sq m/17114 with large panoramic terrace and park, 15 self-contained apartments in the farm buildings for approx 1252 sq m/13476 sq ft, plus 1260 sq m/13563 sq ft of deposits, warehouses, oil mill, cellars and 113 hectares/279 acres of private land Year of construction: 1400Conditions: main villa to be renovated; country resort in good conditionLand: approx. 113 ha/279 acres in total, of which 12 ha/29,65 acres of olive grove with 3,000 trees of the traditional varieties of the area such as leccino, moraiolo frantoio; 7 ha/17,2 acres Chianti DOCG vineyard of which 2.7 ha/6,67 acres in production with Sangiovese vine and approx. 4.7 ha/ 11,11 acres to be replanted plus the possibility of expanding the area planted with vines every year by approx. 1 ha/2,47 acres; 25.8 ha/63,75 acres pasture land, 6 ha/14,8 acres arable land and the remaining woodlandLayout:
Villa
Basement: brick cellar with vaulted ceilings and 2 entrances
Ground Floor: foyer, study, 2 living rooms, kitchen, orciaia, bathrooms
First Floor: living room, dining room, kitchenette, 3 studios, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
Second Floor: living room, study, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
Third Floor: storage rooms, 2 dovecot towers with studio and bedroom with bathroom
Guardian's House:
Ground Floor: storage room, warehouse, garage
First Floor: 1 apartment with 2 entrances and 2 kitchens
The Farm: four-story, with self-contained flats and various rooms for farm use: oil mill, shop, laundry, and 2 cottages, detached from the main buildingSwimming pool: built in the Medici era, at the time used as a wash-house. Serving the pool are bathrooms, changing rooms, a jacuzzi, and an outdoor saunaCovered parking spaces: carport with 8 seatsDetached agricultural annexes
Agricultural annex 93 sq m/1001 sq ft; stone agricultural annex near the car park; agricultural annex for storage use detached from the main complex, some 700 m in distance, approx. 346 sq m/3724 sq ftDistance from services: 3 kmDistance from main airports: Florence 50 km, Bologna 137 km, Pisa 118 km, Perugia 135 kmUtilities:
Fixed telephone network: available
Internet: available
Heating: methane/LPG
Water: mains city supply + private well
Electricity: availableThe property is owned by a private company
The location, for privacy, is approximate
Please note all measurements cited are approximateEnergy Efficiency Rating: G