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This amazing Villa 18th century villa (450sqm) has been entirely restored but always keeping his antique Italian touch, it is also ready to reside. It measures 6000 sqm, the place is surrounded by beautiful pines and 2 extraordinary gardens, 6000 sqm one in the back and the other at the front that gives you an outstanding view of the Maiella and Morrone mountains and the Sulmona town; on the main entrance there is the main door that is built on wood and is decorated by Roman Column, there is a stone barrier that surrounds the back side of the house and divides the gardens; there is another small garden that takes you to the garage, on the way to this place you will pass through a beautiful stone staircase with 2 wonderful statues. On the inside the ceiling it’s made of stone and bricks with angels design. The Villa has 5 floors, on the ground floor there are 2 stone and marble chimneys, one on the living room and another in the dining room and 1 bathroom; there are 2 cellars, they were hand made on the rocks, one of the cellars originally was a well. The well was a water source for the house and pulled up by the monks. On the second floor you would find 1 bathroom, a lovely kitchen, and another amazing dining room with a large balcony (100 sqm) that gives you the view of the garden of the house, there’re other 2 large balconies in this floor, on the next floor there is another bathroom and 3 bedrooms with a wonderful Italian decoration on the inside, the ceiling is made of wood giving it a country side touch.

The town of Sulmona is situated at the centre of the Peligna Valley at the foot of the Maiella massif where today the river Vella flows into the Gizio and in pre-historic times a wide lake existed.The tradition is that it was founded 1000 years BC by Solimo, a friend to Aeneas, fleeing from the city of Troy. the town was called Sulmo in Roman times, and is mentioned by historians in many occasions, as when in 211 BC it was sacked by Hannibal.The great Latin poet Publius Ovidius Naso was a citizen of Sulmona, where he was born in 43AD. Today the town is an important agriculture and commercial center and is deservedly famous the world over for its confetti (sugar coated almond candies), and for its goldsmiths.

It is the main city of the valley. The city is 160 Km (1 hour and 20 minutes by motorway) from one of the most amazing and historical cities Rome, 2 hours from Naples, 65 Km (40 minutes) from the Seaside(Pescara) and 35Km (30 minutes) from one of the best known and equipped ski resort of central-southern Italy: Roccaraso

If you are interested in this property, please use the reference 'SUL36' in all correspondence