Villa with gardenVinci (Italy)

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$718,100

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Surface400 m²bedrooms6 bathrooms4

Collegonzi Vinci - In panoramic hillside position, a few km from Empoli-Sovigliana, villa free on four sides with driveway garden of about 5000 sqm with swimming pool.The villa is about 400 sqm and is on two levels. On the ground floor we find a beautiful loggia with entrance, a rustic kitchen, a study, a double living room with fireplace, a bathroom and an accessory room. On the upper floor we find a kitchen, a double living room with fireplace, six bedrooms with various storage rooms and three bathrooms.The finishes are with terracotta and parquet floors, characteristic of the period.From the garden there is a striking view of the entire valley.The condition is good, but minimal renovation work would be needed.*** LOCATION ***The village designed by Leonardo and marked by the place-name Collegonzi lies just south of the slopes of Montalbano that are home to the castles of Vinci and Vitolini, a short distance from one of the deep bends of the Arno. This is the ancient castle of Collegonzi, which belonged, like the nearby Valdarno castles of Vinci, Cerreto and Orbignano, to the powerful lineage of the Counts Guidi.Vinci is the town where Leonardo was born, and the Biblioteca Leonardiana, an international center of Leonardo studies, and the municipal Leonardo Museum of Vinci, a large and prestigious collection of models of Leonardo's inventions built inside the Palazzina Uzielli and the Castello dei Conti Guidi, an admirable medieval fortification dating back to the 11th century, are located here. Visited annually by 130,000 people, the Leonardo Museum is one of the most important and popular museums in Tuscany.*** SERVICES ***30 min from Pisa and Florence airports, reachable by the FIPILI highway.A short drive away are the towns of Sovigliana and Empoli, with all services related to schools, stores, railways and supermarkets.