Messina, Messina, Sicily, Italy

Great building project to create your dream home in the sunny Sicily, in short distance from the most beautiful sicilian beaches.

On a hill and in a sunny position surrounded by greenery and overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea, just a few minutes from the characteristic town of Castanea, this beautiful property represents the ideal solution for those who love privacy and tranquillity.

It is in this extraordinarily beautiful setting that the villa offered for sale fits in, happily exposed to the sun throughout the day, enjoying an enchanting view of the sea and the surrounding hills.

The generous internal and external veranda spaces together with the possibility of being able to totally customize it both in the distribution of the rooms and in the finishes make this property unique in its kind and particularly interesting for the potential it offers also in the use of the large surrounding land, partly flat for accommodate a possible swimming pool and partly on a slope rich in luxuriant vegetation or cultivable. Impossible not to fall in love with the bucolic and timeless beauty of these places just a few minutes from the town center and less than 20 minutes by car from the city.

The ancient and suggestive village of Castanea delle Furie rises at an altitude of about 400m on the hills that crown the city of Messina
It is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful places in Sicily, as from its heights it is possible to dominate both the Ionian and the Tyrrhenian sides.
This enviable position, its healthy air, the tranquility and the hospitality of its inhabitants have made it a favorite holiday destination and stay for the illustrious families of the Messina aristocracy, whose stay in the village is testified by numerous stately villas.

This village, which was one of the most important hamlets of Messina, was posssession for centuries of the military order of the Knights of Malta (and later of the Knights of Jerusalem)
The complex urban structure was enriched by notable buildings and works of art dating from the early Middle Ages to the eclecticism of the early twentieth century with as many as twenty-four churches and three monasteries, most of which were destroyed by the 1908 earthquake.

Among the churches that can be visited today we have those of San Giovanni, Santa Caterina, Il Tonnaro, Santa Rosalia and SS. Rosary.
During the Christmas period, the atmosphere of a Bethlemmian village can be found in the alleys of the old farmhouse with the setting up of the famous Living Nativity Scene, one of the most evocative in Sicily.
Lastly, the Ethno-Anthropological Museum of rura and marine art of the Peloritani area is particularly interesting.