The Castle is a fairy tale already at the opening of the main door, which, through the entrance, reveals the view on the opposite hill thanks to a large French door located opposite.
The large entrance leads to four living rooms with fireplaces of different characteristics.
Each place has its own particular historical image. There is also access to the dining room, which still preserves the castle tower from the '1000,
which gives access to the particular kitchen.
The Ground Floor is characterized by many windows and French windows overlooking three large terraces with a 360 ° view of the surrounding nature and on the same floor there is the centerpiece of the structure: the ancient family chapel, still consecrated and complete with numerous sacred objects and symbols of the past. In front of the central body there are three characteristic apartments that are part of the property.
The First Floor
Upstairs we find the large and bright room of the "Bertesca" which is now located where in the past there were the defense walls of the castle, from which hot oil or arrows were thrown against the enemies, without being seen.
The room, like all the others, are completely furnished in a unique, different, bright way, thanks to the light colors that distinguish them.
The long corridor leads to the eight bedrooms:
• A bedroom with bathroom and a small room with an 18th century fresco.
• An English-style room with two windows on two different panoramas.
• Three double bedrooms and one single.
• A suite consisting of a wardrobe room, a bathroom with hydromassage and shower and two sinks.
• Frescoed room from the 18th century with terracotta walkway from the 18th century still functional, with a small bathroom and a large shower. A large glass door opens onto a bathroom painted in encaustic.
• Then you come to the last twin bedroom.
All the windows with blown glass, the ceilings and floors are still
from the 1700s.
The Second Floor
Attic rooms, located in the attic, walkable.
The Cellar
You can access the cellar dating back to '1000 thanks to an internal and an external staircase in pietra serena.
It should be noted that the structure retains one of the first Chianti wineries also awarded in Paris for the production of its unique wine. In 1924, he received the "Chianti Classico" award for the wonder of his wine which was already declared one of the best in 1427.
History
The first certain news about Melazzano dates back to 1119 in
the State Archives of Florence.
In 1427, when with the first Cadastre of the Florentine Republic there is a detailed description of the properties of the area.
A series of farms "with worker house" are listed. During some works, wall structures certainly typical of an elegant castle from the year 1000 re-emerged, and it was thus possible to knot the thread between the current Villa di Melazzano and the medieval "castrum de Milatiano".
In the Carte dei Capitani di Parte Guelfa (small "Road Atlas" of the Florentine countryside dating back to the mid-sixteenth century) Melazzano is depicted as a typical "turreted manor house".
In the eighteenth century Melazzano was bought by a noble family who, incorporating the previous buildings, built the villa that has remained with the family until today, with the large rooms, the frescoes of the time, and with all its character.
The current arrangement of the chapel attached to the Villa dates back to the nineteenth century.
This Villa is a Historic Residence covered by a bond pursuant to Law 1089
of 1939.
In addition to the Villa, and located in the building adjacent to it, there is an additional apartment on two levels, consisting of: entrance hall, living room, two bathrooms, staircase connecting to the first floor, consisting of kitchen and further living room with terrace.
Also in the same building there is also an additional apartment, on the ground floor with entrance, living room, two bedrooms, a closet and two hallways, in addition to the exclusive resed.
Additional rooms used for storage.
Conditions
The property is habitable.
The structural part is excellent. Internal refresh required.
As for the external part, it also needs a summary restructuring to your taste.
The external plaster is very dated, but in some places you can see the original stone facade. Depending on your taste, it can be re-plastered or cleaned.
Villa: 950 sqm
Apartment 1: 90 sqm Apartment 2: 115 sqm
Deposits: 58 sqm