in Sell to Moncalieri - code H 115595

BEAUTIFUL and SPECIAL Imagine the thrill of living in an apartment located in the main wing of a 13th century Castle within a magnificent and shaded centuries-old park. Be thrilled by the privileged view of the main garden, the plain and the Alpine arch, granted by large windows and two delightful terraces on the ground floor and first floor.
Feel like you are the master of entering the house by walking through the internal courtyard, embellished on one side by the deconsecrated church, and sheltering yourself under a singular iron roof.
The large size of the apartment, equal to 187 square meters, offers various housing solutions that can be evaluated on the 3 floors.
Inside there are 8 rooms, including a living room, study/dining room, 3/4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, perfect for accommodating a large family or hosting friends and relatives.
The fixtures and windows are new and give a touch of elegance and practicality to the property.
The heating is centralized with thermostatic valves, it is powered by methane from a latest-generation condensing plant and guarantees a warm and comfortable environment at all times.
The apartment is in good condition thanks to the careful care of the current owners and the privileged exposure to the SOUTH on the main garden which offers the possibility of spending pleasant moments outdoors.
Castelvecchio is surrounded by a park of almost 4 hectares facing south-east, planted with woods and orchards.
The garden facing the south facade, that of the apartment, has a historic traditional layout with a grape pergola surrounding it.
Castelvecchio is divided into 10 apartments, a good part of which are occupied by the inhabitants who originally renovated it; The turnover is however very limited and selected, being the place much loved by its inhabitants and is controlled by the caretaker's house located at the entrance of the estate.
The property is subject to a constraint from the Superintendency of Environmental Heritage.
In Castelvecchio there is a condominium that owns the surrounding park, the caretaker's house and the church which can be used for meetings and other activities.
The management costs of this property reflect the exclusive nature of the condominium ownership and the perfection with which the inhabitants intend to maintain the unparalleled historical, artistic and naturalistic value of the place.
It is possible, compatible with the rest of the condominiums, to identify areas for individual vegetable gardens.
There is a splendid condominium environment called Cantinone, a large room with a cross-vaulted ceiling available to condominium members for dinners and parties. For this purpose, there is a notice board located near the entrance to the cloister that allows information on use to be communicated to condominium members.
The property is completed by a cellar, ideal for storing fine wines or for use as a storage space.
For those who desire to have a timeless refuge where they can spend their vacations in the hills with large open spaces and still not far from the city.
Don't miss the opportunity to become the owner of this wonderful castle, which combines history, charm and comfort in one of the most exclusive areas of Moncalieri.
Description of the site and the findings:
The building appears as a quadrangular factory body, with two cylindrical towers, placed on the south-east and north-east corners. The current arrangement is certainly far from that of the castle rebuilt by Landolfo in 1037, of the appearance of which we have no information.
Apart from the latest additions, most of the current complex dates back to the late 15th century. Filippo Vagnone was the author of the first restoration, around 1490. The oldest part is the southern one, facing Testona, with a cylindrical tower from the 11th century, in which, according to Olivero, pieces of brick and whole bricks of Roman origin could be seen. This is still today the strong element of the construction on which the two floors of the palace and a large basement overlooking the south side are embedded. The eastern wing is not formed by the usual succession of rooms, but only by a portico about three meters wide and the gallery above; closed towards the outside but equipped with large windows both towards the courtyard and towards the hill.
The chapel of San Martino, with a single nave and cross vault located in the ancient tower to the south-east, underwent interventions. The transformation of the courtyard into a large porticoed court, formed by pointed arches in brick, supported by slender columns in local stone, is also due to the Piedmontese humanist; also to the intervention of Vagnone are due the cross windows decorated with terracotta frames, the round terracotta frames containing colored ceramics, in the Della Robbia style, and the busts of Roman emperors.
Further changes occurred in the 17th and 18th centuries, when the building was used as a convent.
The western front appears as a large three-story building with a wall strengthened by 5 large spurs, with rows of windows between which there are machicolations; at the top there are some dormers disguised as pseudo-merlons. Also on the west side there is a basement room, with a cross-vaulted ceiling, which looks directly onto the garden. The interior also has rooms with cross-vaulted ceilings. The current entrance is located on the north side, remodeled and actually built almost from scratch between 1900 and 1907 based on a design by engineer Enrico Mottura. The north-east tower in particular was built in imitation of the ancient one only in 1907 to house a chapel.
The castle has lost its fifteenth-century characteristic of a small private museum of the Vagnone family: most of the Roman and early medieval marbles, placed on the ancient entrance door to the east near the ancient tower, as well as the terracottas that decorated the porticoed courtyard and the Roman busts once placed in the garden, have long since been removed and are now preserved in the Museums of Turin.
Castelvecchio is currently a condominium, divided into large and luxurious apartments.