Arpino, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
£116,249
€135,000
- PROPERTY TYPE
Apartment
- BEDROOMS
3
- BATHROOMS
2
- SIZE
1,496 sq ft
139 sq m
Key features
- Old stone building
- Large, light rooms
- Historic setting
- Quiet but not isolated
- Residents' parking
Description
Casa Rio della Torre is in Civitavecchia, one of the oldest parts of Arpino, surrounded by 2,800 year old megalithic stone walls. The door opens into a large room (about 27 square metres). Stairs lead to the upper floor, where there is the kitchen with dining area, master bedroom with en suite bathroom, two further bedrooms/studies and a second bathroom.
The views look out across the beautiful stone houses of Civitavecchia and across the valley. A few moments walk away, there is a large public park, where you will also find the medieval tower (now a museum), an old aia (threshing circle) and two viewpoints, one looking across Civitavecchia, and the other looking down on the rest of Arpino.
A nice restaurant is a short walk away, and another is a longer walk or short drive. There is also a large outdoor swimming pool and cafe within a couple of minutes walk.
Currently the heating is provided by a wood burning stove, and, while immediately habitable, the property would benefit from some modernisation and redecoration.
CIVITAVECCHIA
Civitavecchia, the highest point in Arpino, dates back to pre-Roman times and is a listed archeological site with striking views. The megalithic walls around it and its pointed entry gate were all originally built by the Volscians some seven to eight centuries BC. Continuously occupied ever since then - some twenty-eight centuries - Civitavecchia is now guarded by a medieval tower, which watches over its quiet cobbled streets and old stone churches. A private church still owned by the Pesce family, who commissioned its construction several hundred years ago, stands by the entrance through the stone walls.
Although a listed archeological site, Civitavecchia is still a thriving small community inhabited all year round with each very old stone house beautifully maintained. In summer, flowers and window boxes abound. Residents can drive along the cobbled main street which loops through the little village and park outside their homes, but as no other traffic is permitted, there is a charming feeling of tranquility.
ARPINO AND THE CIOCIARIA
Arpino is one of the major 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 Arpino 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 publicised 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 Arpino, Veroli, Alatri or Alvito 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, is one of the largest and most highly-regarded real estate agents in the area and has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate.
The views look out across the beautiful stone houses of Civitavecchia and across the valley. A few moments walk away, there is a large public park, where you will also find the medieval tower (now a museum), an old aia (threshing circle) and two viewpoints, one looking across Civitavecchia, and the other looking down on the rest of Arpino.
A nice restaurant is a short walk away, and another is a longer walk or short drive. There is also a large outdoor swimming pool and cafe within a couple of minutes walk.
Currently the heating is provided by a wood burning stove, and, while immediately habitable, the property would benefit from some modernisation and redecoration.
CIVITAVECCHIA
Civitavecchia, the highest point in Arpino, dates back to pre-Roman times and is a listed archeological site with striking views. The megalithic walls around it and its pointed entry gate were all originally built by the Volscians some seven to eight centuries BC. Continuously occupied ever since then - some twenty-eight centuries - Civitavecchia is now guarded by a medieval tower, which watches over its quiet cobbled streets and old stone churches. A private church still owned by the Pesce family, who commissioned its construction several hundred years ago, stands by the entrance through the stone walls.
Although a listed archeological site, Civitavecchia is still a thriving small community inhabited all year round with each very old stone house beautifully maintained. In summer, flowers and window boxes abound. Residents can drive along the cobbled main street which loops through the little village and park outside their homes, but as no other traffic is permitted, there is a charming feeling of tranquility.
ARPINO AND THE CIOCIARIA
Arpino is one of the major 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 Arpino 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 publicised 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 Arpino, Veroli, Alatri or Alvito 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, is one of the largest and most highly-regarded real estate agents in the area and has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate.
Arpino, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
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- Capodochino(International)63.6 miles
- Leonardo da Vinci(International)71.2 miles
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