Historic Liberty-style villa with guest house for sale in Lucca Tuscany

Villa Camelia - Lucca, Tuscany

€ 1.450.000

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This historical villa of the early 20th century, characterized by an imposing turret, lies surrounded by a spacious classic Italian garden with tall trees and enriched by boxwood and laurel hedges, holly trees, azaleas and cammelias.
The villa, built during the twenties and in excellent maintenance condition, presents the classical building characteristics of the Liberty-style manor houses such as typical mullioned windows, colonnaded loggias, bossage, pilasters, friezes, and the classical roof-terrace with turret and columns with round arches, in addition to grit floors and splendid cast iron radiators.
This important building, immersed in a green oasis with absolute privacy but at just 2 km from all the main services, stands on two main storeys, besides cellar and turret.
A wonderful loggia leads up to the ground floor of about 140 sqm where you find a wide living-room, a dining-room dominated by the monumental fireplace covered with wood and tiles designed by the famous Liberty architect Chini, in addition to a kitchen and a study room.
The first floor, accessible from a marble staircase with wrought-iron railing, includes the sleeping area featuring four double bedrooms (of which the master bedroom measures more than 25 sqm) and two bathrooms, besides a large terrace with views over the garden below.
The turret floor consists of a single large bright space, topped with a roof with wooden trusses, usable as further bedroom, hobby or study room. On the basement level you find a spacious cellar, a bathroom and some technical rooms. Adjacent to the villa, there is a dependance, a lovely building on two levels: the first floor is a cosy apartment consisting of a living-room, a kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom besides a terrace, usable by guests or service staff.
The ground floor of the dependance comprises a wide arched portico, ideal space for lunches and dinners outdoors, equipped with wood-fired oven and barbecue.
Another highlight of this house is the beautiful tiny church lying on the ground floor of the dependance, completely furnished and formerly used by the employees and farmers working for the master who lived in the manor house.
This historical and exclusive property also includes a large land of about 6,800 sqm, divided into lawn and wood. Show more Show less

The villa is located in San Macario area in the municipality of Lucca and is about 7 km away from its historical centre and enchanting walls. All the main services are placed at about 2 km from the villa along Sarzanese road. The position is strategic to reach all the main Tuscan art cities such as Pisa at 20 km, Florence at 80 km, while the beaches of Versilia are about 25 km away. The city of Lucca is traditionally called “the city of the hundred churches” for the great number of worship sites belonging to different ages, set inside the imposing tree-lined renaissance walls surrounding the city, being one of Tuscan treasures. A small and old city-state with its unchanged charm, a starting or crossing point that cannot be omitted for its artistic beauty and evocative atmosphere. After visiting this city, many foreign visitors chose this city as place of residence. Exploring Lucca means immersing yourself through the narrow streets of the best preserved historical centres, walking around the famous walls, enjoying typical local dishes in taverns and taking part in artistic-cultural initiatives. Whoever visits the city of Lucca will be positively surprised by the possibility to live peacefully every aspect of its historical centre and hilly surroundings, together with the chance to reach the sea of the famous Versilia coastline, only 30 km away.