Casa Lara
a privately situated country villa
with spectacular gardens and productive lands,
as featured in 25 Beautiful Homes Magazine

Umbria is “The Green Heart of Italy,” and there lies Casa Lara, a Luxury home in the verdant, rolling hills just outside the walls of the oldest known city in Central Italy.   A recently uncovered gate dates Amelia to about the time of the Pyramids; for nearly 4,500 years it has been attracting people from all over the known world, and many have chosen to stay.

Will you be next?

Luxury home for sale:
• Completely modernized 350-year-old main house
• Six bedrooms and bathrooms, including two separate guest houses
• Beautiful grounds, including spectacular flower gardens
• Pool with poolside cabana, bar, wood-fired pizza oven, and barbecue
• 155 producing olive trees, many over 200 years old
• Vineyard producing Merlot, Sangovese and Malvasia grapes
• 45 fruit trees and abundant vegetable gardens
• Tractors, tools, sheds and garden equipment
• All immaculately maintained and totally private
• One of Italy's luxury homes is now for sale
• All immaculately maintained and totally private

Two million Euro
Contact: tia@bruceweissman.com

Prime Location:  About an hour north of the outskirts of Rome via expressway; less than an hour to Orvieto, Todi, Spoleto, Deruta, and Viterbo; less than ninety minutes to Perugia, Assisi, Tuscania, Tarquinia, the Civitavecchia cruise port, Montepulciano and the Chianti wine region; about 2 hours to Norcia, Florence, and Siena.  About 25 minutes from a main railway station at Orte, with frequent train service to central Rome in about 35 minutes, and to the train station inside Fiumicino Airport in about 90 minutes.

Main House:  Dating from the 1600s, this house has been lovingly renovated.  The ground floor has two large living rooms with fireplaces, entry hall, powder room, and formal dining room adjacent to the large and well-equipped kitchen with fireplace.  Upstairs are two large bedrooms with baths, in addition to the master suite which has a very large marble bathroom, walk-in closet, and terrace.  The 2003 renovation includes all-new roof, new windows throughout with triple glazing, thermal glass, and wooden shutters; all-new plumbing and three-phase electrical power throughout; two telephone lines, ADSL internet, and three satellite dishes including Sky UK and Sky Italia.  The house is on microbiologically safe city water.

Guest Houses:  The larger guest house has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, and living room.  The second guest house is a studio apartment with kitchenette and bathroom.

Land:  More than 17 acres (7 hectares) of productive and scenic farm land, bearing 155 olive trees, 45 fruit trees, a large modern vegetable garden, a three-row vineyard which extends about 300 feet and annually produces more than 400 liters of wine from its red Merlot and Sangiovese and white Malvasia grapes.  Wine and oil production is sufficient to last all year. Truffles have been harvested every year on the property.

Garden:  A vast and mature collection of ever-blooming flowers including many varieties of roses, a shady wisteria arbor, and beautiful formal garden, all fenced and with a stunning view of the ancient walled city of Amelia.

Additional Facilities:  Large pool with adjacent roofed dining room, a separate kitchen building with bar, barbecue, and wood-fired oven particularly suitable for pizza and roasted game and domestic meats.  Tool room and storage building, shed, and covered vehicle parking.  Separate buildings for laundry, electrical equipment, and heating, air-conditioning, and water-softening systems.  Two cisterns and a deep well for the garden irrigation system. Two large, independent LPG gas tanks for heating, air conditioning, and cooking.  Remote-operated electric gate with intercom at main entrance.