For sale villa in Castiglione del Lago Umbria

Noble 16th-century palace with park for sale in Gioiella, five minutes from Castiglione del Lago, Perugia. The historic centre of Gioiella houses this splendid example of a 16th-century noble building surrounded by a private park making the property close to all amenities but in a private and exclusive position. Palazzo Torrigiani-Dini is a perfect base from which to depart to discover Tuscany and Umbria and reach fomous borgos as Città della Pieve, with its beautiful historic centre, Chiusi and Sarteano with their Etruscan sites and Montepulciano region of the famous and excellent Vino Nobile, just a few minutes from Castiglione del Lago with its fascinating fortress and starting point to visit the islands of Lake Trasimeno. Built at the beginning of the 1500s on four levels as a hunting lodge and evolved into a noble residence in the 1700s with the ground and first floors used by the noble owners, while the attic floors were used for the household staff serving the estate. Renovated at the end of the 1960s, Palazzo Torrigiani-Dini is a highly prestigious building in overall need of a new project to bring new life into the splendid halls boasting stunning frescoed walls and vaulted ceilings, for centuries hosting families, politicians and members of the Catholic Church for their summer vacations in the Umbrian countryside. A private chapel is also perfectly maintained on the first floor. Ideal as a property to be converted to tourist-hotel use with the potential for further building development and the possibility of building an underground swimming pool. For the full restoration roughly euro 1 million has been quoted for all works. A historical palace of the highest prestige, Palazzo Torrigiani-Dini is a gem full of charm that would also suit as a private residence to be lived with family and friends for ever-lasting memories.

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