Lucca villa i443,italy

Lucca area Villa i443Lucca, Lucca area, Italy

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VILLA DESCRIPTION

VILLA I443 IN LUCCA, LUCCA AREA, ITALY

Just 8 km from Lucca, in an exceptionally good position on a hill, with a panorama stretching from the

towers of Lucca to the town of San Miniato, lies this wonderful historic home, which has origins way

back in history: it was first built as a fortified village, then in the middle ages it became a lookout tower

and finally around the 15th or 16th century it became a country residence for a family that was part of

the Lucca nobility. It then became a convent and during the centuries had many illustrious guests. It

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has been recently renovated with a painstaking work of conservation and recovery of all its original

characteristics, and the result is a faithful representation of the typical Lucca villa of the 1500s, as

described by Samminiati, the great intellectual and architect. They have knowledgeably re-used all the

old construction materials such as stone, terracotta, hand-forged ironwork, and they have recovered

the monumental fireplace, the typical loggia with its arches, columns and frescoes looking over towards

the olive grove, but above all they have respected the original layout of the rooms, which are large and

airy. Put together with the furnishings, which are composed of a collection of special antique pieces and

many from the 1800s, some of which have come from old convents and churches, it all gives this house

an original atmosphere of austerity, elegance and simplicity, capable of bringing back the rhythms of

life of times gone by. In order to provide guests with complete relaxation, the villa has also been

equipped with the most modern comforts: hydro massage tubs in most of the bathrooms, under-floor

central heating, satellite TV, high-quality comfortable mattresses, and above all it offers a complete,

personalized and detailed assistance for guests: daily cleaning and linen changes, buffet dinner on

arrival, on request the organization of many trips (tour with wine tasting, cooking courses,

participation at the Viareggio carnival or at the Puccini music festival, and so on. Outside, the villa has a

panoramic garden area with a pergola, furnished for relaxing and dining outside; in the old renaissance

pond, at the rear of the villa towards the olive grove, they have made a small 9x3m swimming-pool, so

that you can keep cool in the summer months and in front of the house, where during the Etruscan

times there was a water basin, they have built another oval shaped pool ( 12 x 7 meters) with a splendid

view of the surrounding green hills. The beaches at Versilia are about half-an-hour's drive

away.GROUND FLOOR: entrance into a salon of 70 sq.m with brick vaulted ceilings, dining table and

living area with TV, 1 long double room with tables and access to the garden, 1 large kitchen with

antique stone sink and access to the garden, 1 room with large antique fireplace and wood-burning

oven, 1 twin bedroom, 1 bedroom with 2 small double beds, 1 small doublebedroom, 1 bathroom with

hydromassage shower, 1 bathroom with hydromassage tub. FIRST FLOOR (the 'piano nobile'): large

central reception room (150 sq.m) with large stone fireplace and access to the furnished, frescoed

loggia, dining room, small living-room, studio, 1 WC with washbasin, access room with fireplace (in

the old tower) for the stairs leading to the SECOND FLOOR: large central living-room of 150 sq.m

with high trussed roof and monumental fireplace, 3 twin bedrooms, each with private bathroom with

shower, 2 twin bedrooms each with private bathroom with hydro massage tub, 1 walk-through junior

suite with small living-room with writing table and double bed accessing 1 twin bedroom with private

bathroom with shower.

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