House buy in Capostrada Tuscany

in Tuscany, in Pistoia, historic 14th-century villa with garden and 4.0 ha of land. The property is within easy reach of the most important tourist towns in Tuscany, such as Florence (43km), Lucca (47km), Pisa (61km) and San Gimignano (90km). A few km from the property there are two famous thermal towns, Montecatini Terme and Monsummano Terme; the Versilian coasts are almost one hour's drive away. it takes just under one hour to get to Florence airport, fifty minutes to get to Pisa airport and approx. one hour and fifteen minutes to get to Bologna airport. The property is composed of a master villa dating back to the 14th century plus several other buildings available with separate negotiations. The villa (2,400 sqm - 25,824 sqft) has a rectangular layout and is laid out on three levels plus the central tower. You can get to the piano nobile via an external stone staircase with balustrade; the secondary facade looks onto the private garden and boasts an elegant loggia. On the ground floor there are service rooms, among which the carriages house and the large kitchen with monumental fireplace. All the staterooms on the piano nobile have wooden coffered ceilings with decorated beams and frescoed walls. The second floor include private rooms and bedrooms with coffered ceilings; under the central tower there is a room used as walk-in closet. According to the recovery plan, the ground floor and the first floor will be used for tourist accommodation, while the second floor will be for residential use. The building was built in 1318 and converted into a small fortress some years later. When the plague struck Florence in 1478, Lorenzo the Magnificent was hosted in this villa. in the second half of the 17th century the villa was radically transformed and the italian garden as well as numerous service buildings were created. it seems that Napoleon stayed in this villa for a short period; on the second floor of the villa there is still a hall dedicated to Napoleon. Over the course of seven centuries the villa has belonged only to two families, whose crests are still visible on the Northern facade.