Potenza Picena, Macerata, Le Marche, Italy

Italy is history. And, history is Italy. Every so often in this business, we get to touch history. It's usually in the form of a special building, with special features that once-upon-a-time made that building great. There's just such a building, with sea views, just minutes from the coast and the historically important town of Potenza Picena. It's a big, big farmhouse in need of complete restoration, yearning for someone to write the next chapter of its history. We call this unique Marche property, La STORICA, the historic one.

La Storica is a classic example of the historic Marche "casa padronale", a house belonging to an important and powerful landowner. We know this immediately from the size of the house, more appropriately a villa, as it comes in at over 450 sqm. Also, the unique form of the house, anything but a typical boxy building, speaks to its importance. And, inside, we see lots of columns and other features that just didn't show up in ordinary houses. Many of these features are to be reprised in the restoration or rebuild, and, lots of original material at La Storica can be recovered, especially the amazing old brick.

When we talk about a building of 450 sqm. we're talking about an ambitious project. La Storica would restore to spectacular luxury private villa. Alternatively, it's size and location easily lend themselves to a tourism business. There is even the possibility of building individual units within the main structure. In short, La Storica presents a wide range of possibilities.

Those possibilities are further enhanced by the 120 sqm outbuilding that can be transformed into a house, a studio, a cottage, a gym, a stable...you name it.

The 2700 sqm. plot at La Storica is flat and open, with unobstructed views of the rolling hills and coastal countryside. You can see the Adriatic Sea and nearby Potenza Picena. There is additional land available for sale. Amazingly, La Storica is 8 minutes from town and just over 5 minutes to the coast. Access is from a provincial road. The plot is private, but not isolated and access could not be easier. The plot has full-day sun and is perfectly suited to establishing olive trees or grapevines.

La Storica is located within the confines of Potenza Picena, a place of note in Le Marche history. It's widely recognized as one of Le Marche's most classic of hill towns. The town sits in a commanding position on a coastal hill-top above the Adriatic Sea. The town is elegant. The piazza is lovely. It's known for its lively cultural and civic life as well as its super-convenient location, just minutes to the beach, the autostrada and the neighboring hill-town of Recanati, the Duomo of Loreto and coastal city Civitanova Marche. The Ancona Airport is 35 minutes away. We cannot overemphasize how perfect this location is. You are close to all the practical things you need on a day-to-day basis and you are literally in the middle of everything there is to see, sip and sample in Le Marche.

So, if you're thinking of making history in Le Marche, you've got a head-start at history at La Storica.