Brief description

Portion of a historical residence (438 marketable sq. m) with an independent entrance. This property also includes a 29 sq.m (marketable area) chapel, a 765 sq.m garden, and a swimming pool. It has a majestic formal sitting room, living areas with a fireplace, 3 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms. Convenient, private, panoramic position.

Geographic position

Portion of a historical building in Assisi in a wonderful position overlooking the valley and the Rocchiocciola, near Rocca Maggiore and San Rufino.

Assisi is one of Umbria’s most attractive historic towns, birthplace of St Francis, Italy's patron saint and famous the world over as a symbol of peace.

The building's location is an ideal one, practically in the historic centre but, at the same time, easy to get to by car and with convenient parking spaces nearby.

We are less than half an hour away from Perugia (27 km) and close to all Umbria's other historic towns (including Spello, 12 km and 15 minutes away, and Spoleto, at 44 km and 40 minutes away by car) and Lake Trasimeno, at 40 minutes away (46 km).

The closest airport is Perugia, just fifteen minutes away (22 km) and in an hour an a half you can get to Ancona airport (117 km) and Florence airport is just over 2 hours away (187 km).

Description of buildings

Loving Assisi is a portion of a historical residence (438 marketable sq. m) with a 29 sq.m (marketable area) chapel, a private garden and swimming pool.

The residence

438 marketable sq. m - reception salon - kitchen - dining area - living room - lounge - 3 bedrooms - 2 bathrooms

The residence covers the whole ground floor and has direct access to an attractive garden with swimming pool.

From the main entrance, on the left there is a first large living room with fireplace, a kitchen and dining room overlooking the garden and, lastly, a majestic reception room covering almost 200 square metres which was carved out of a historic church.

To the right of the entrance a lounge with fireplace leads to the three bedrooms, one of which has a small en-suite bathroom, a further bathroom and a store room.

The measurements provided indicate the liveable surface area.
The liveable surface area is the same as the walkable surface area (which includes internal walls) plus 10% to take into account supporting walls.
The surface area occupied by stairs may only be calculated once.

State and finishing

This residence stands on the remains of ancient Roman walls, which are still visible. It was also where the Confraternity of San Lorenzo was established in the Middle Ages.
This property still treasures a few details of its original structure, like inscriptions, part of the walls, and the buttresses of the original naves.

Over the centuries, this beautiful residence had undergone some changes until the 1930s, when the Countess of Berkeley bought it to establish an art cenacle attended by prominent personalities of that time.
The story of the residence and the Countess was published in the book "Beaded Bubbles. Un’Americana ad Assisi" by Molly Berkeley), with an image of the garden on the cover (https://www.orfininumeister.it/collane/spazi-momenti-culture/unamericana-ad-assisi-2016/).

Most of its floors are in handmade terracotta, some of which is very old, especially those in the former church which also features high ceilings with a cross vault.

Some of the inside walls are in exposed stone and feature fireplaces with historic carved cornices, coats of arms and decorations and the kitchen and one of the bedrooms features ceilings in wood with tiles.

The inside doors are also antique and made of solid wood with some exposed stone door frames.

External areas

Loving Assisi's position is magnificent: just a stone's throw away from Piazza San Rufino and at the same time with a private outdoor private space measuring around 765 square metres and a swimming pool and views over the fort and the hills around the town.

Use and potential uses

Its beautiful position – in the heart of Assisi with its global cultural and religious tourism appeal, and less than half an hour away from Perugia, historic and university town, and 40 minutes from Lake Trasimeno – makes Loving Assisi the ideal solution both for those looking for a main home and as a holiday home for contact with nature and a short distance away from Umbria’s main historic towns.

Distances and location

Umbria - Italy

Neighboring regions: Toscany, Lazio, Marche

Main centers: Perugia, Assisi, Spoleto, Todi, Orvieto, Gubbio, Spello

 

Characteristics: is the sister of Tuscany region, green and hilly territory with olive groves and vineyards, rich in art cities and quaint towns.

Placed in Central Italy between Rome and Florence, Umbria is a region rich in history and culture, from the hilly landscape with olive groves and vineyards, and dotted with historic villages and artistic cities such as Perugia (important international University Centre), Spoleto, Orvieto, Todi, Assisi, Spello and others.

15 minutes from Perugia is located Lake Trasimeno, the largest Italian lake after that of Como.

The climate is mild with temperatures in winter rarely fall below zero degrees and summer temperatures around 25 degrees.

The region is the scene of major cultural events throughout the year (such as the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto and Umbria Jazz) and many other folk events which, especially in summer, enliven small and large centers of the entire territory.

 

Property offer: Umbria, with its Green and hilly territory is particularly required for purchasing original characteristic stone farmhouses, very similar to those of Tuscany, in the countryside around the major cities of art such as Todi, Spoleto, Orvieto, Perugia, Assisi or in the popular area of Valley of Niccone or of Trasimeno.  These are often finely renovated farmhouses with park and pool, which are well suited to use for vacation but also for investment with the ability to put them in the lease through touristicrental. Umbria has a strategic position being located half an hour from Rome and two hours from Florence. The region, rich in history, offers you the chance to buy real estate like castles, vintage villas, villages and monasteries. Very popular are also the apartments within historical centers or small rural managed complexes, rich in original farmhouses of stone structure, particularly are requested those places in the countryside around the town of Todi, Spoleto, Assisi, Perugia and Orvieto, but also in the areas and Niccone Valley and Lake Trasimeno. Frequently also the historic buildings, ancient villas, castles and apartments in historic towns such as Perugia, Orvieto, Spoleto, Assisi, Spello, Trevi, or in small villages renovated and preserved.