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14TH CENTURY FORTRESS, DOMINATING THE ANCIENT VILLAGE ON THE BEAUTIFUL PIAZZA MAGGIORE IN THE CENTER OF CASTIGLIONE IN TEVERINA, ON THE BORDER BETWEEN LAZIO AND UMBRIA, 12 KM FROM BAGNOREGIO AND THE ENCHANTING CIVITA "the dying city", PORTION OF THE ROCCA DEI MONALDESCHI A FORTRESS OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD DATING BACK TO 1323. THE ANCIENT “CASTRUM” FORTIFIED AND DESIRED BY THE POWERFUL FAMILY OF MONALDESCHI FOR A LONG TIME SHARED THEIR VACATIONS, SUFFERING OVER THE CENTURIES NUMEROUS CHANGES OF HANDS BETWEEN THE PAPAL STATE AND THE EMBELLISHED FAMILIES OF THE 'ERA (Monaldeschi, Savelli, Farnese, Ravizzi).
THE FORTRESS IS AN IMPOSING QUADRILATERAL BUILDING HIGHLIGHTED ON FOUR LARGE CORNER TOWERS, ACCORDING TO A VERY WIDESPREAD DEFENSIVE SCHEME.
The property consists of n. 2 towers and part of the building that extends between them, in a north-west position, dominating Piazza Maggiore and the village, with a panoramic view of the Tiber valley and a look over the valley of the gullies.
There are numerous rooms located between the ground floor and the large heights of the 2 towers, independent entrances from the internal courtyard and the square give the possibility of developing different design ideas, such as dividing the property between several families or a more strictly commercial use for representation or tourist use hotel.
The property, on the street level, is completed by a suggestive panoramic garden with external access, a charming shop now used as a cellar and a room used as a garage with direct access to the square.
A part of the currently habitable fortress preserves numerous architectural testimonies of the medieval era, the other part has undergone the conservative restoration of the perimeter walls, the recovery of the original terracotta floors and the reconstruction of wooden roofs and floors, bringing them back to the ancient splendor of the time, inside rooms and services they remained rough to allow for a personalized renovation.
The potential of this property is great as it is located in an area rich in naturalistic and historical-archaeological areas, the town is home to the MUVIS (Museum of Wine and Agri-food Sciences) an area of great wines testimony to the ancient cellars of Count Romolo Vaselli, less than twenty minutes from Orvieto, Baschi and Lake Corbara, half an hour from Lake Bolsena, Viterbo, and Todi.
The proximity to the Autostrada del Sole makes it very well connected, to the South with Rome reachable in an hour and to the North, with the art cities of Tuscany reachable in just over an hour.

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