Prestigious Villa In Carmignano

The property in question is located on the hill called ”Castello,” where the fortified medieval village of Carmignano once stood.

Part of the complex developed around the historic Villa is the elongated manor building that still retains sixteenth-century forms with a beautiful late sixteenth-century facade, featuring pietra serena stone frames on the main floor and typical ”kneeling” windows on the ground floor.

In the early 1800s, with the establishment of the farm, the lateral wings were added to the sixteenth-century structure, which were used as cellars for aging and storing wine.

The properties in question, intended for residential use, are the lateral portion of the villa that also includes a fifteenth-century annex, initially used as stables and later as an oil mill. They are arranged on two above-ground floors divided into four real estate portions, of which the three main ones have a basement.

The complex enjoys an extraordinary view of the areas of Florence, Prato, and Pistoia, and is set in an elegant 3,500 square meter park over three levels: the common area at the entrance is set up with an Italian garden with a central fountain, but each unit has its own garden; at the second level, the garden hosts the panoramic swimming pool, and at the third level, the area reserved for car parking is hidden and not visible from the houses.
The restoration of the buildings, carried out by the current owners, lasted over two years, was radical and rigorous, and is documented at every stage. The conservative restoration favored typically Tuscan materials of the highest quality such as terracotta and pietra serena stone, with wooden parquet in the bedrooms, modern fixtures....

The four real estate portions are in excellent condition and immediately habitable while maintaining the current layout, but with few interventions, they can be combined into a single portion.
Two of them are independent villas with their own garden and an internal area of about 450 square meters.
The third, however, is a villa also of 450 square meters but internally divided into two apartments each consisting of two bedrooms, connected by an internal staircase.
The fourth portion, the smallest, is divided into two apartments with a total of about 250 square meters and a pertinent courtyard.
Overall, within the real estate complex, we find, divided among the various portions, 15 bedrooms and 15 bathrooms.

This important villa is potentially perfect for those who need a unique property in the heart of the Tuscan hills, with large, well-divided spaces perfectly usable for both hospitality and residential use.
The real strengths of this exclusive residence are undoubtedly the careful and skillful renovation, the pool, the splendid gardens, and the breathtaking view.
A prestigious villa ready to experience the best that this magnificent territory can offer.

The hill of Carmignano – a panoramic dominant height, located between the plain that connects Florence with Prato and Pistoia and the lower Arno valley, with views extending to the Apennines and the Apuan Alps - has always played a significant role in the history of Tuscany and has been a crossroads of History, Art, and innovative Agriculture over the centuries.

A vast area, immersed in the greenery of the Montalbano hills, is highly esteemed both from a viticulture perspective and of considerable historical importance, which today is also considered very valuable – from a residential point of view – for its “naturalness” and proximity to the cities of Prato and Florence, from which it is just a few tens of minutes away.

It was precisely the logistical position of this territory that attracted the first Etruscan and then Roman settlements – traces of which are still found in the ancient Fortress - but it was in the Middle Ages, as an outpost for controlling the passage of armies, to and from northern Italy, that it became an area of fierce disputes between the Pistoian and Florentine counties, eventually passing definitively under the dominion of the latter in the 15th century.

The Medici family – and its network of noble Villa-Farms that supplied the court, but were also pleasant places of residence and study and landscape care - gave a great impulse to the area with the construction of the fascinating Villa of Artimino (also known as the “Villa of the 100 Chimneys” and today a UNESCO heritage site) and the creation of the monumental “Bandita del Barco Reale,” a hunting estate of over 4000 hectares enclosed by a perimeter stone wall of over 50 km., with access protected by doors and gates to guard the game and separate the area from the adjacent cultivated fields.

In 1716, an enlightened Cosimo III de’ Medici established restrictive rules – aimed at improving its quality - for wine production within the bandita: this is the world’s first and oldest example of a DOC regulation, even a century before the French “AOC - Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée.”
Today, the territory of Carmignano is a prized area for the production of certified . DOC and DOCG wines, with panoramic vineyards covering the slopes of its hills.

It was in 1792 that the Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Lorraine declared the “sbandita,” decommissioning the reserve and allocating the land of the area to other uses.

The Fortress of Carmignano, originally part of the larger fortification overlooking the vast territory, has been owned by the Municipality since 1990, which has allocated the premises to exhibition spaces and venues for cultural events.

Distances

Highway A1 21 km - 28’
Florence Airport 20 km – 28‘
Hospital 15 km – 23‘
Prato center 13 km - 25’
Florence center 27 km - 45’
Pisa Airport 66 km – 56‘
Pisa center 75 km - 60’

*The present information and floor plans are merely indicative and do not constitute contractual elements.