REFERENCE NAME CASTELLO BERNARDO
 TYPE Old castle dating back to XIII Century with private land and olive grove
CONDITION Good condition
LOCATION Hillside. Very panoramic position
MUNICIPALITY Magione
PROVINCE Perugia
REGION Umbria
SIZE 3000 square metres (32.291 square feet)
ROOMS 50
BEDROOMS 20 (Possibility of more)
BATHROOMS 10 (Possibility of more)
FEATURES Old stone construction, old bell tower, frescoed ceilings and walls, arches, old stone fireplace, vaulted ceilings
LAND 2.8 hectares of woodland and olive grove
GARDEN 7000 square metres of internal courtyard plus garden
ANNEX Two additional outbuildings
ACCESS White road in good condition
POOL No, but possible
ELECTRICITY Yes, already connected
WATER Yes, natural spring
GAS Yes, mains gas
HEATING Yes
TELEPHONE Yes, already connected
NEAREST TOWNS
Magione (2km;1’); Passignano sul Trasimeno (9km; 10’); Tuoro sul Trasimeno (15,9km; 13’); Perugia (20km ; 18’); Castiglion del Lago (29km;24’); Cortona (30,5km, 35’); Firenze (133km;
1h 20’); Montepulciano (36 km;32’); Pienza (48 km;40’); Assisi (53 km ;39’); Spello (60 km;46’); Anghiari (70km;58’); Todi (74 km;47’); Siena (74 km;1h 5’); Arezzo (76km; 53’); Orvieto (99 km;58’); San Gimignano (114 km;1h 36’); Roma (210 km;2h 1’).
NEAREST AIRPORTS
Perugia Sant’Egidio (28km; 21’); Firenze Peretola (134 km;1h 17’); Ancona Falconara (153 km;2h 13’); Forlì (162 km;1h 52’); Roma Ciampino (221 km;2h); Bologna G Marconi (223km;2h
1’); Pisa Galilei (225km;2h 1’); Roma Fiumicino (236 km;2h 11’).
PRICE €3,500.000 |
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Italian Castle For Sale XIII Century Castle In Umbria
History: The old core of the castle was built in the far 608 , in 997 Ottone III gave it to the abbey of Campoleone, the current Capolona near Arezzo, for will of Ugo, abbot and marquis of Toscana, son of the countess Wilma. Ugo, even if he was an abbot, married Giuditta, niece of the emperor, because, at that time, it was allowed the
marriage in order to secularize the ecclesiastical fief. The castle belonged to the countryside of “Porta Santa Susanna” and in the list of 1282 was cited like villa with 30 inhabitants. In 1361 took shelter there Averardo II Montesperelli with his followers. He was captain of the Perugia’s noblemen, and in 1343 he went to Firenze like ambassador of Perugia with Orlandum d. Nini jurperitum e Cecchum d. Peronis de Micheloctis. The castle was
attacked and razed to the ground in 1380.
From that moment, until 1438, it will be called again with the term villa. In 1402 the papal troops sacked and devastated the place that was considerated very important for its position. But Perugia reconquered it soon.
Meanwhile the Montesperelli had took shelter in Perugia, in the parish of Santa Lucia. The 20th August of 1433 the brothers Averardo III, Nereo, Periteo and Giulio di Guidone di Paolo de
nobilibus Monte were booked for 1.097 pounds.
In 1439 the castle was rebuilt because Perugia considered it a strategic place, although there were no more than 15 inhabitants. In 1456 was called loctus and it’s possibile to deduce that the defensive works were not finished.
Roberto Malatesta and his garrison encamped there in June 1479. Malatesta (1440-82),called the Magnifico, was the illegitimate son of Sigismondo Pandolfo (1417-68). The latter
was lord of Rimini and lieutenant general of the papal troops. They stayed there only few days because the 28th of June the troops of Firenze, after the conquest of 23 castles on the Trasimeno Lake, attacked the castle and completely defeated the papal troops.The castle was considerably damaged during this last battle, but in 1495 it was rebuilt by Averardo IV in accordance with particular defensive plan in order to give it
again its dignity and its function of a castle; in 1501 there were already 50 residents. In 1496, Averardo IV became magistrate of Fabriano. The castle was for centuries a fief of Bernardo’s family, to whom belonged juris consults, men of letters, wises of the “Collegio del Cambio”, priors, mayors and judges.
Giovanni I, mayor of Pisa, built the fortress of Torricella, near Magione;
Ceccolo di Averardo I died in Montecatini in 1315; Neri,
conspired in 1385 to consign Perugia to Barnabò Visconti: in the summer 1368 the conspiracy was found out and the popular Government sent him to the scaffold; Averardo V, poet and writer; Zopiro, politician.
In the nineteenth centuries the Castle belonged to Luigi Massini (1820-96), one of the wealthier men of Trasimeno Lake; then it belonged to Giovanni Battista Piceller, a notary, father-in-law of Aurelio Angeletti (1832-67), mayor of Magione, who had
married Piceller’s daughter Prassede. When Aurelio died, Prassede was one of the richest landowner of the place. To the Angeletti followed Renzoni first, director of the fair of Milan, and then the Bartoccioni of Magione.
The present residential villa is very different from the old building, that during the centuries has been an hospital for poor people, too. A steep way down, outside the villa, flanked by
remains of a roman villa, leads to the San Cristoforo’s church.
A family from Magione is the present owner of the castle.
From the castle you can enjoy a gorgeous panorama that goes from the Tuscan hills around Cortona to the Trasimeno Lake. Its position is quiet and reserved although well connected and its possible to reach the city centre in a few minutes. The airport of Perugia is very close and well connected to London and other foreign centres.
The castle is 3000 mq , with a wide medieval square surrounded by an enclosure wall, and it is ideal to create more than 30 residential apartments or more than 40 suites. The wide green area that surrounds the castle gives the possibility of creating gardens and sport fields.
The castle is located in a town-planning area, where it is possible to build apartments for civil habitations or receptive tourism, a restaurant, a bar and a Luxury Hotel.
The property comprises: the main villa disposed on three levels and two farmhouses, one on two levels and one on three levels divided into nine apartments.
The castle has an internal courtyard of 7000 square metres and the whole property is surrounded by 2.8 hectares of land with woodland and olive grove.The access is through a white road in good condition. |
