Monte San Giovanni Campano, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Casale Girate is a lovely 140 sq.mt. old stone farmhouse being sold for restoration. It is located in beautiful countryside near the charming medieval hilltop town of Monte San Giovanni Campano. The property enjoys a sweeping panoramic view from its dominant hillside position and also includes a separate outbuilding, a 300 sq.mt. garden and 1,500 sq.mt. of olive groves. Many old features remain and could be incorporated into the restoration, such as the stone portals, the stone stairs and the ancient Roman-style roof tiling and cornices.

The main farmhouse is laid out over two levels with a private garden at the rear of the property by the olive groves. A second smaller building nearby, also for restoration, could become a self-contained guest suite for family and friends. Purchasers who are or plan to become Italian residents may be able to benefit from various grants linked to the restoration.

An alternative approach to the restoration could envisage the demolition of the present buildings and the construction of a new building (possibly making decorative use of the ancient stone in the building works). The new building could be designed at the combined cubic meterage of the two existing old buildings and be built anywhere on the site. This would allow the development of the property to the exact requirements of the purchaser, including (if desired) a layout designed to facilitate its being run as a B&B.

The property has excellent road access, and Rome and its international airport are less than 90 minutes away.

Energy classification: N/A

MONTE SAN GIOVANNI CAMPANO AND THE CIOCIARIA

Monte San Giovanni Campano is one of the beautiful medieval hilltop towns in the area of Italy called the Ciociaria, the name given to the fertile land that lies south of Rome but north of Naples, situated inland in the hills in the heart of Italy.

The Ciociaria region is within easy reach of both Rome and Naples and their respective airports. A day's shopping in Rome is a common pastime, while an even shorter drive brings you to the charming beaches south of Rome. Alternatively, drive east, and the mountains of the Abruzzo National Park await with horse trekking in the magnificent beech forests, and sparkling mountain lakes and rivers where you can swim in the heat of the summer. And at the other extreme of temperature, although Monte San Giovanni Campano itself is temperate, less than an hour's drive brings you to the winter ski slopes.

Often overlooked, both by tourists and by those foreigners in search of an Italian home, in favour of the more publicized regions of Tuscany and Umbria, the Ciociaria remains largely an unspoilt gem with beautiful scenery and medieval hilltop towns. A home or second home in the Ciociaria, in the hilltop towns of Monte San Giovanni Campano, Arpino, Veroli, Alatri or in the rolling countryside that surrounds them, will afford you a setting where over two thousand years of history combine with an idyllic rural Italian lifestyle, where you can still discover the 'real' Italy and take time out from the busy crowds of the larger tourist cities, while being less than ninety minutes journey from central Rome or either of Rome's two airports.

VIA ROMANA Srls and CASE & CASALI REAL ESTATE AGENCY

Via Romana Srls is an Italian-incorporated company owned by a British/Australian Chartered Accountant and her photographer daughter, and offers a package of services to facilitate all aspects of the purchase and restoration of Italian property by overseas clients. The Via Romana team works in collaboration with various fully-licensed Italian real estate agencies including Case & Casali Real Estate Agency represented by Sig. Ciro Tomei. Sig. Tomei has been enrolled in the register of real estate agents at the Chamber of Commerce in Frosinone, Lazio since 2007 and has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate.