Luxury And History: TOURING a Medieval CASTLE in Italy | Lionard LUXURY Real Estate
[Music] Buongiorno e Benvenuti, I'm Stefanie Smith from Lionard Luxury Real Estate and I'm here today to show you this majestic castle for sale in the region Lazio. Check it out! [Music] Today we are in the region Lazio, we are in a strategic location because we are at the point where three regions touch: Toscana, Lazio, and Umbria. The castle is a perfect example of Art and Beauty going through the most stunning transformations until arriving at the castle that we can see today. The castle was built on a plateau made up of a bank of lava that dates back to 800,000 years ago. Originally the castle was a
watchtower and we have a first mention of it in 756 AD during the Lombard Era. [Music] In medieval times around the 1200s, the watchtower was flanked by another two towers creating a medieval castle. However, the family that signed the history of this territory were the MONALDESCHI Family of germanic origins based in Orvieto in 800 BC.
They wanted to transform this medieval castle into a Renaissance Palace. To do that, they adopted many changes both structural and in style. Such as the development of the the North Wing, the adding of two loggias, and lowering the towers. [Music] The property is surrounded by one hectare of land and features this stunning and perfectly kept Italian-style garden from which we can enjoy the most amazing views over the surrounding countryside, which also connects us to the internal garden. [Music] In 1884 Edward Cahen d'Anvers purchased the palace and the surrounding estate that counted hundreds of hectares of land as well as a dozen farmsteads. He entrusted the renovation of the palace to the
Sienese architect Giuseppe Partini, who following the footsteps of the Sienese Purism Movement, that was a very important movement both for architecture and art, completely changed the appearance of the castle. Transforming it from the Renaissance Palace into the new Gothic Castle that we see today. The castle wraps around this central space where we find this perfectly kept garden embellished by a fountain. We also enjoy the Magnificent view over the Italian-style garden.
The castle is 5,000 sqm and is developed on a number of floors. So now if you'll follow me, let's check it out! [Music] [Music] The first thing that catches our eye are these stunning floors. Three different types of Tuscan marble were used, and thanks to a skillful use of symmetry it has a three-dimensional appearance. If we look along the walls, we can see ancient Roman artifacts found during an excavation of the Monaldeschi family, except for those that show the image of a deer. That was the coat of arms of the Monaldeschi family and were saved during the renovation. If we take a look at the ceilings, we have four painted scenes. These were painted
in 1886 by Pietro Ridolfi and they were inspired by the myths of Glauco e Scilla, the Triumph of Bacco and Arianna, and the scene with Aries and Venus inspired by the metamorphosis of Ovidio. All of these have a common theme which is love. The Galleria has a lot of natural light thanks to the many windows, that also give us access onto the garden, but not just that we can access each room present on the floor. We are now in the Sala Ludica or entertainment room. The door to the room boasts the coat of arms of the Cahen family and at the top is their family motto: "Deus Mecum Nihil Timeo" That means: "If God is at my side I fear nothing" All the woodwork of the boisierie, the doors, and the furniture are examples of the craftsmanship of Tito Corsini. The room boasts two spectacular pool tables that date back to the 1930s.
From this room, we can head towards the first dining room. This is the first dining room that was used for more informal meals. Also here, we have beautiful geometrical designs on the floors by using different colored marbles from Tuscany. If we look up the ceiling bow stunning frescos. The Cahen family was a very rich family of bankers and they traveled a lot both for work and for pleasure, and each time they brought back either objects with priceless value or new inventions.
New inventions because I'm talking about a very specific historical time period that of the Second Industrial Revolution where the world was changing very quickly. Here we have a window that is connected to the kitchen to ease the passing of dishes. And now if you follow me let's head toward the kitchen where we will see some of these inventions.
The kitchen is divided into three distinct spaces. In this central space we have this large table and this is where the staff would enjoy their meals. It also has a wood burning fireplace. To my left is a second room that features a large closet, and that was the first prototype of a fridge, in fact, each section of the closet was lined with marble and on the bottom part inserted ice to maintain food. Over here instead is the heart of the kitchen. The kitchen has a dumbwaiter connected to the dining room on the piano nobile. One of the many innovations that are in this kitchen is the wood-burning stove this was one of a kind and could be considered as the predecessor of a kitchen island. The fact that it was detached from the wall was exceptional because by moving around it made preparing meals much more efficient another interesting fact of the kitchen was that it always had hot running water thanks to the presence of a boiler and at that time it was actually one of a kind. So if we consider these details in that historical period,
this was actually quite Innovative. But now if you'll follow me let's continue the tour. To reach the piano nobile we are going to head up this prestigious staircase imbrecciato di Carrara that wraps around the space. If we take a look at the ceiling in the center is the coat of arms of the Cahen family and rounded is their family motto.
"Deus Mecum Nihil Timeo" [Music] [Music] The Galleria on the piano nobile is 55 meters long. This space is impressive and embellished by frescoes from Ridolfi. On the one side of the Galleria we have four scenes that represent each season and each season has a dedicated marble bust representing a deity. On the opposite side are four images of the castle and its surroundings. If we take a look at the ceiling in the center we have four scenes of the four moments of the day and also for bass reliefs of the elements in nature. The Galleria is filled with natural light thanks to the many windows and also here we have beautiful marble floors with geometric designs. Just like downstairs, the Galleria gives
us access to each room on the floor which are internally connected one to the other. We are in the heart of the floor this spacious living area has lovely wooden floors and if we look up the ceilings are decorated with floral themes that frame two bucolic scenes Central to the room is a sitting area that looks onto this Majestic stone fireplace with on top the crest of the fora family this room is connected on the one side to the master bedroom which has the most amazing Murano Glass Chandelier and stone fireplace it is connected to the master bathroom while on the other side is a [Music] study the study features a boue area the room is embellished by stunning wall Fabric and we can notice the details on the bueri and doors these are examples of Tito corini craftsmanship the study is perfectly connected to the dining [Music] room this spacious dining room still has all the original wooden finishes such as the bu and floors here we have the dumb waiter that connects to the kitchen centers of the space is a large table that can host a number of guests or a large family gathering the room is embellished by lovely wall fabric not to speak of the Fresco on the ceilings and to tie the whole Space together is This Magnificent marble fireplace with the Ken crest of arms this room is connected to the guest [Music] bedroom the guest bedroom has lovely wooden floors a stone fireplace and onsuite bathroom however this room differs in respect to the others if we look up at the ceiling here we find the floral designs typical of the Liberty style this GI bedroom is where the famous Italian writer Gabriel duno would stay during his visit to Rudolfo cahan [Music] from the guest bedroom we are back in La Galleria here we have a beautiful painting that was born from the collaboration between roli and dunio in fact the painter shows a scene of one of Dano's Productions we are now heading towards the South wing of the castle which was dedicated toor thanks to his contribution to embellish and make the castle the elegant property that it is today right now we are in a common area that enjoys a magnificent view over the countryside the South wing of the castle features three rooms the first that we encounter is the bedroom where RI stayed while creating his masterpieces each of these rooms has beautiful wood wood and covered ceilings and cut the floors adjacent to the bedroom is a room dedicated to his sketches while at the end of the wing is a lovely living area with marble fireplace Double Exposure that let in a lot of natural light and this room is dedicated to the portraits of both rulf's wife and himself [Music] the castle features an upper floor however it is not accessible at the moment since it is in need a renovation in total the property can offer 35 bedrooms and 15 bathrooms we are now heading towards the north Wing the north Wing is like traveling back in time this part of the castle has remained intact since it was built the cot floors and Chestnut covered ceilings date back to the 16th century the Frasco surrounding the ceiling and framing it show scenes of five centuries ago here we have Rome with Castel santangelo and San Petro still without the kopa while over there is the city ofto with its towers still intact and not demolished by time Center to the space is a table with above lovely cast iron chandeliers and the table looks onto this Majestic stone fireplace [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] That's all for today, I hope you enjoyed yourself as much as I did. Don't forget to subscribe, like and comment! I can't wait to see what you thought of this Majestic castle for sale in the region Lazio. On that note ciao! [Music]
2024-05-09 23:00
