Single-family detached house via Casalina, Pontremoli

In a village not far from Pontremoli stands this large house surrounded by land, with fruit trees and also woods. A pleasant place to enjoy the tranquility and nature. The house is developed on one floor, at the entrance we find a porch that shelters the entrance. Inside there is a large corridor with hallway, a bathroom, a double bedroom, a very large room, another single bedroom that can be used as a closet, a double bedroom, a kitchen, a kitchenette with pantry and a cellar. In the kitchen a thermo-stove has recently been placed, which as an alternative to the electric boiler, heats the water and feeds the radiators. Upstairs there is an attic that extends for the entire surface of the house, temporarily to be restored. On the ground floor there are 3 stables, separated from each other, very characteristic and usable as a tool shed. Outside, crossing a small road, leads to the garden, in which there are fruit trees. Not far from the house there are three large plots of land, one of which is fenced and the other two are respectively chestnut and woodland. In about 45 minutes you can reach the seaside resorts and the cities of Pisa and Parma can be reached in just over an hour. This property is located in the hilly area north-east of the municipal territory of Pontremoli. Valdantena owes its name perhaps to the Antena stream, which however is not marked in any ancient or modern map. Some scholars say that the inhabitants of Casalina were sure that the valley was named after a shepherd, "D'Antone", who came first from Tuscany to live in Previdè. Others indicate that Valdantena could derive from the ancient Etruscan name of the Magra river: Antena. In addition to the river, there are numerous streams and canals that descend from the Apennines, characteristic of the Valdantena together with the lush nature, only interrupted by the gray of the villages that rise here and there in the woods. The villages of Valdantena are Pracchiola, Groppodalosio Superiore and Inferiore, Casalina, Versola, Toplecca Inferiore e Superiore, La Piagna, Barcola, Previdè, Molinello, Cargalla, Ronco Bianco, Groppoli di Valdantena and Cavezzana d'Antena. The valley was affected by two important medieval communication routes, the Via Francigena that descended from the Passo di Monte Bardone and the Strada Lombarda that descended with a variant from the Passo del Cirone towards Pracchiola and Pontremoli. Near Pracchiola there was in fact a hospital for pilgrims just below the pass. Today's route of the Via Francigena in Valdantena, touches the villages of Cavezzana d'Antena, Groppoli di Valdantena, Previdè, Groppodalosio with the medieval bridge over the Magra, Casalina, Versola and Toplecca, and then continue towards Arzengio and reach the medieval village of Pontremoli after crossing the arch of the old hospital. To see near Pracchiola a suggestive waterfall called "il Piscio", reachable from the village in half an hour's walk, among the green vegetation typical of these places.