Posted on 07/05/2012 3:34:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A medieval village, set in the Tuscan hills of Italy among castles and monasteries, can be yours for €2.5 million. Pratariccia, which is situated about 25 miles east of Florence, has now been put on sale through ebay, the popular online shopping website.
The village consists of 25 homes and eight hectares of land. The village has been abandoned for over fifty years, so many of the buildings are in a ruined state and electricity lines would need to be established. Also, no roads exist that lead to the village.
Local estate agent Carlo Magni said in an interview, "It's a stupendous location, 40km from Florence, with hermits still living in the nearby hermitage of Camaldoli and all the castles you'll ever need, dating from when Siena and Arezzo fought over the area."
The current owners of the property are said to be a monastic order, who have been trying to sell the land for several years, and hoped that by listing it on eBay it would get more attention. Magni added, "I posted the advert two weeks ago and I've had lots of calls about it and I'm hoping to get some viewings arranged over the next few days. I think it has potential as a private hotel or luxury spa and that's what one of the potential buyers wanted to do but it fell through."
(Excerpt) Read more at medievalists.net ...
Ah, come on, it's not too bad; all you need to do is pull up to a home depot and yell "I need a dozen men" a couple of times...
;)
On blocks in the yard...heck...its your chateau...heck...you own the village...dog sleepin' under it...bro-in-law workin' on it...a little slice of hillbilly paradise in Tuscany!
Ahhhh...there is that. :-)
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