luxury farmhouse for sale Cefalù, Italy

This ancient Water Tower is located in the municipality of Bagheria, in the province of Palermo, and dates from around the mid-19th century; it dates from when the old senie e castelletti irrigation system was replaced by a new irrigation and adduction system using innovative hydraulic machines that made use of steam engines, later replaced by combustion engines. In spite of the fact that, in the province of Palermo, there are many such Towers, ours has its own uniqueness in that it also has the annexed masseria. Today the Tower is no longer in use, but the building maintains its original architectural features: the Piezometric Tower stands 30 meters high, and there can still be found the collection tank and the farm building, original of the time, inside which are the mechanisms necessary to make it work, by means of a hydraulic steam engine; finally it also has a semi-basement floor. The building enjoys views overlooking the Gulf of Palermo and the Conca d'Oro; in addition, the property comes with a rendering showing us the property in its maximum expression post-renovation. The entire complex is listed as a monumental property, as an artifact of historical significance. The property also includes an underground garden of about 5,000 square meters, from which the famous pietra d'Aspra (material used for the construction of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo) was extracted. Two rural buildings of about 80 square meters complete the property. In 2009 the famous Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore chose the property for the shooting of the film Baaria. La Torre is 1 km from the sea, 14 km from Palermo and 45 km from Palermo's Falcone e Borsellino airport.

The farmhouse is located 22 km from Palermo in the territory of Santa Cristina Gela, it has been carrying out the agritourism activity for more than 15 years, addressing a national and international audience. The company is registered in the appropriate provincial list of educational farms. It has a total area of more than 7 hectares, of which 5 hectares are productive, where you can find both tree crops (olive grove-orchard) and vegetable crops, in the open field, medicinal herbs, fodder for the animals raised on the farm. The farm adopts organic cultivation methods that respect the environment through suitable cultural rotations in order to avoid the use of chemicals. The choice to produce with organic methods was made in the full conviction that respect for the environment, the health of the consumer and the producer are fundamental concepts on which to base and give a future not only to agriculture but to the entire ecosystem. The animals bred on the farm are: horses, ponies, chickens, geese, turkeys, rabbits, goats, black pigs of the Nebrodi, cattle, dogs and cats. The structure has areas suitable for school groups, parking for cars and buses, large spaces equipped for games with slides and swings, large riding school with sand field, catering facilities and toilets also accessible to the disabled, covered outdoor area where it is possible to carry out educational workshops etc. The structure has been recently renovated, paying attention to safety and energy saving, in order to always be in step with the times, in full compliance with current regulations. Possibility to purchase the entire company with the respective licenses, with the rental with purchase formula ( RENT TO BUY )