Monte San Giovanni Campano, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Casa del Conte, a stunning villa dating from the end of the 1800s, is located in the beautiful area of Anitrella, just below the historic hilltop town of Monte San Giovanni Campano. This historic four level 450 sq.mt villa is set in a 7,000 sq.mt. gated park; on the ground floor there are beautiful stone-vaulted rooms ideal for entertaining and a further 300 sq.mt. of underground grottos which are accessed from the gardens.

The living areas on the first floor comprise a beautiful double sitting room with painted ceilings and a large 40 sq.mt. terrace, a well-fitted modern kitchen and dining area with a large open fireplace, and a modern bathroom. The restoration has respected and preserved the many antique features of the period villa.

The second floor has two very large bedrooms with ensuite modern bathrooms.

The third floor has a further two rooms, which could be made into further bedrooms, hobby rooms etc.

The ground floor is exceptionally well suited to entertaining. There is a big professional kitchen, a stone-vaulted room with a fireplace, and another very large room, opening onto the gardens. This level has two bathrooms.

The gated gardens are flanked by a rock wall, in which is to be found an extremely unusual feature of this property: a series of interconnecting caves and grottos, totalling more than 300 sq. m., some of which is now used only for storage, but part of which has been turned into a further entertainment area, complete with lighting, large pizza oven, bar, and many interesting old features.

Stone stairs lead up from the gardens into an area of woodland featuring beautiful paths and trails enhanced by the tall mature trees.

The property has excellent street access and a garage. Rome is less than a 90 minute drive away as are Rome's airports.

Casa del Conte has been restored, is presently lived-in and all utilities are connected. It is tranquil, peaceful and private but in no way isolated.

Energy classification: G



MONTE SAN GIOVANNI CAMPANO AND THE CIOCIARIA

Monte San Giovanni Campano is one of the medieval hilltop towns in the area of Italy called the Ciociaria, the name given to the fertile land that lies south of Rome but north of Naples, situated inland in the hills in the heart of Italy.

The Ciociaria region is within easy reach of both Rome and Naples and their respective airports. A day's shopping in Rome is a common pastime, while an even shorter drive brings you to the charming beaches south of Rome. Alternatively, drive east, and the mountains of the Abruzzo National Park await with horse trekking in the magnificent beech forests, and sparkling mountain lakes and rivers where you can swim in the heat of the summer. And at the other extreme of temperature, although Monte San Giovanni Campano itself is temperate, less than an hour's drive brings you to the winter ski slopes.

Often overlooked, both by tourists and by those foreigners in search of an Italian home, in favour of the more publicized regions of Tuscany and Umbria, the Ciociaria remains largely an unspoilt gem with beautiful scenery and medieval hilltop towns. A home or second home in the Ciociaria, in the hilltop towns of Monte San Giovanni Campano, Arpino, Veroli, Alatri or in the rolling countryside that surrounds them, will afford you a setting where over two thousand years of history combine with an idyllic rural Italian lifestyle, where you can still discover the 'real' Italy and take time out from the busy crowds of the larger tourist cities, while being less than ninety minutes journey from central Rome or either of Rome's two airports.


VIA ROMANA Srls and CASE & CASALI REAL ESTATE AGENCY - UP IMMOBILIARE

Via Romana Srls is an Italian-incorporated company owned by a British/Australian Chartered Accountant and her photographer daughter, and offers a package of services to facilitate all aspects of the purchase and restoration of Italian property by overseas clients. The Via Romana team works in collaboration with various fully-licensed Italian real estate agencies including Case & Casali Real Estate Agency represented by Sig. Ciro Tomei. Sig. Tomei has been enrolled in the register of real estate agents at the Chamber of Commerce in Frosinone, Lazio since 2007 and has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate. Case e Casali is in collaboration with UP Immobiliare, Sora