Single family villa via del parco, 41, Marlia, Capannori

COD.262- MARLIA- Beautiful property from the early 19th century, located on the sunny hills of Lucca, 8 km from Lucca. Once the Limonaia of the Villa Reale di Marlia, to which it is connected via Via della Principessa or delle mimosa, it was built to a design attributed to the most famous architect from Lucca, Lorenzo Nottolini (1787/1851), who also designed the Specola ,
Astronomical Observatory which dominates the panorama above the olive groves that border the property.
Villa Reale is the most famous villa in Lucca, it took the name of Reale
from the title of Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, sister of Napoleon, princess
of Lucca and Queen of Etruria, who purchased it in 1806, when she arrived in Lucca. The princess's bond with the villa of Marlia was strong and intense, she was responsible for the major interventions that transformed the villa and the gardens and they significantly expanded its borders. Elisa, had a great passion for botany, thanks also to her brother Napoleon, she made her residence in Marlia a real nursery in which she also introduced species that had just arrived from distant countries such as the wisteria which also adorn the pergola nearby to the lemon grove or the mimosas, which still grow on a stretch of the street that runs alongside the property. The complex, surrounded by a splendid park, full of centuries-old oaks and cypresses, designed by the landscape architect Marco Pozzoli, is composed from the historic main building, an annex, habitable villa, the swimming pool, made of reinforced concrete with attached changing rooms and bathroom, the private chapel.

Price: On Negotiation

Total surface area: 490 m
Rooms: 19

Bathrooms : 7

Park: 2ha