Luxury houses for sale Illasi, Italy

In the hilly context of the Torricelle, one of the most evocative and renowned places in the city of Verona, stands a truly exclusive and unique property, dating back to the 1400s, which was obtained from an ancient Scaligero Hunting Lodge to which, subsequently, a stone portion was annexed, echoing the typical design of a fort. The Villa is a typical Italian-style, classical-mansion that blends in with extreme harmony with the surrounding nature made up of centuries-old olive and fruit trees. The property is on three levels connected internally by two staircases. On the ground floor the Villa presents a large entrance hall with dining room, from which can be accessed a loggia that leads to a small internal courtyard and an external laundry room, habitable kitchen, study with walnut bookcase and two bathrooms. The ground floor enjoys an internal connection both to a dependance with bathroom and with an independent entrance from the Villa's garden, and to a housekeeper's apartment, consisting of a kitchen, bedroom, wardrobe room and bathroom also with an independent access from the small internal courtyard. From the ground floor, via a splendid white marble staircase, we reach the first floor and the loggia with spectacular panoramic views of the ancient city of Verona. From here we enter the magnificent hall with a height of about 6 meters, with a fireplace of the period and original frescoes representing hunting scenes and mythological figures. Continuing in the loggia, through a wooden staircase, we go up to the second floor to reach the sleeping area consisting of two bedrooms and a bathroom and go down to the first floor accessing a master suite with sitting room, fireplace, bathroom with Jacuzzi and shower, sauna, toilet and bedroom with walk-in closet. From the sitting room you can access the roof terrace overlooking the garden and the beautiful hill scenery, and through a side staircase you can reach the cellar used as vinegar cellar on the ground floor. Moving outside, the Villa features a large side porch of about 120 square meters that allows you to enjoy outdoor dining, as well as the large exclusive garden with a dominant position on the hill overlooking the city of Verona. The property is surrounded by beautiful centuries-old olive groves, is fully fenced and secure and enjoys a parking area for four cars.

Rising at the entrance of the ancient town, 30 minutes from Vicenza, is this elegant neoclassical complex designed by Carlo Barbera in the late 1700s. It comprises a monumental Venetian villa, whose façade features imposing Ionic columns and a central tympanum overlooking the private park in front, while the rest of the structure overlooks the large inner courtyard. Registered and protected as an artistic and cultural heritage, internally it presents the classical distribution of noble palaces with a large loggia and numerous rooms with decorations and fireplaces. The property includes a large barchessa with porch and guest rooms, fully restored stables, the janitor's dwelling, service rooms, shed and other autonomous living quarters at the rear. Three entrances facilitate access, in a well connected area close to the highways leading to the airports as well as the cities of Venice, Verona and Lake Garda. The complex is well maintained, having undergone major renovations in the 1980s and others more recently.

Among the hills of Valpolicella, one can find this fascinating example of a Venetian villa in neoclassical style, built by the architect Luigi Trezza; the architect modernized the country residence of Giuseppe Salis, the last descendant of a famous family of Veronese apothecaries, giving the main facade of the complex a Palladian style structure with a loggia in the center with Doric columns that characterize the main Villa. Due to its size and location, this property is suitable for both residential use and as a place of entertainment, suitable for hosting various types of events. On the ground floor we find a small living room, a large kitchen with an imposing marble fireplace, which allows you to immerse yourself in an atmosphere of times gone by, where you can feel the charm of history; on the first floor we find a large living room, with double exposure and splendid views of the hills, the vineyard and the park; this room divides the two wings of the villa where the six bedrooms are located. Inside the property there are also some generously sized cellars. The property is completed by another L-shaped building intended for the garage, stables and greenhouse; edged with Guelph battlements of neo-medieval style, this building has on the west side, the barcaccia composed of a portico of three arches, surmounted by a large tympanum and is characterized by the presence of two imposing, well-preserved statues. To embellish this splendid property there is the presence of finds from the Roman era, such as for example in the entrance area of the villa where you can observe a counterweight of a large Roman press used until the last century. The external space of the Villa is enriched by well-kept flowerbeds and a park with fruit trees, olive trees and a vineyard of approximately one hectare.

In the small town of Isola Vicentina, an optimal geographical location convenient to the airport of Thiene and the highway network connecting the cities of Vicenza and Venice, the Dolomites, and southward Bologna, Florence, Rome, and westward Milan via Verona with the international airport reachable in about an hour as well as those of Tessera and Treviso, the villa is immersed in the large English-style park that surrounds it on three sides with centenary trees, rare and precious plants and a bamboo grove towards the large central lawn. The square-plan building, on two floors and a basement, is illuminated by windows with frames on the top with pointed and, alternately, lowered arches. The bright green color of the shutters creates on the white marble walls the villa's only exterior decoration of refined simplicity and strong impact. The original building dates from the early 19th century at the behest of Isabella Velo, a cultured, strong and gentle woman who gave the villa a footprint in which memories of the Baths of Caracalla, revisited through the designs of Palladio, are mingled, while the floors of the main floor are transformed into sumptuous marble carpets covered by the fragments of oriental and African marbles from the excavations of the Roman Baths. Even the walls and ceilings facing the round central hall are decorated with delicate paintings that echo the period's reproductions of the grotesques in the Stanze of Raphael and pupils. The villa was born in a particular historical context in which Isabella and her brother, who frequented the European courts, brought back the innovations learned among the new English industries and the gallantry of Parisian luxury, making the spacious rooms of the villa livable and welcoming with the large bright windows and the layout of the rooms designed for moments of serene conviviality. Successive owners over time continued to modernize it and make it more and more suitable for everyday life while maintaining its refined simplicity and richness of the rooms until the Guardini family equipped it with heating, modern bathrooms for almost all the rooms on the second floor and a very functional kitchen with adjoining dining room. Adjacent to the villa, on the northeast side, is the guesthouse with a large porch shaded in summer by cool American vine curtains. It consists of a spacious room, its walls covered with bookshelves, with a vast fireplace in the center surrounded by deep sofas for reading and resting. Further to the side is the laundry room and staircase leading to the upper floor where a bedroom with bathroom and a study adjoin the porter's quarters, also recently renovated. Separated by a gate, the rustic tool shelter and formerly used as a stable overlooks the courtyard bordering the lemon greenhouse. A second large gate leads to the countryside that completes the 10 hectares of the entire property.