Arpino, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Casa Crepaccia is a traditional Ciociarian farm house, 210 sq.mt., with stone external walls, brick interiors, a wood fired oven, a well and an "aia" (a centuries-old stone threshing circle, originally used for threshing the grain either by hand or with oxen, now often used as a charming patio for al fresco dining). The shops, restaurants, bar/cafes and services

The property enjoys beautiful sweeping rural views. However Rome, Naples and their respective airports are only 90 minutes drive. And the shops, restaurants, bar/cafes and services of Arpino, a medieval hilltop town, are only a few minutes by car.

In addition to the land adjoining the house, there is a further 1,000 square meters (approximately) of nearby land, with a vineyard and an olive grove, easily accessible from the same road that leads to the property.

Exceptionally, the presence of a barn and a shed in this upper part of the land, would allow a further extension of the main farmhouse or the creation of an annex with garage in the area of land surrounding the farmhouse, because if the barn and shed were to be demolished, the cubic meterage of these demolished building would create building permission of the same cubic meterage for an extension/annex to the main property

This property is being sold for restoration.

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ARPINO AND THE CIOCIARIA

Arpino is one of the major 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 Arpino 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 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 the CINELLI IMMOBILIARE AGENCY

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 the Cinelli Immobiliare Agency. The Cinelli Immobiliare Agency aims at identifying unique buildings with outstanding locations in the beautiful Ciociaria region, including apartments, historic houses, villas, palazzos and farmhouses. Some of these properties are already renovated while others are to be restored. The Cinelli Immobiliare Agency also provides reliable and full service renovations focussed on the appropriate use of original materials, such as stone, wood and wrought iron, drawing on over 40 years' experience in the restoration sector of their partner company Cinelli Claudio Restorations and their technical office, headed by Ing. Valentina Cinelli.