Close to historic centre of Montefiascone we propose a part of the ancient Monastery of St. Augustine built in the fourteenth century, with garden and garage private, overlooking the lake and the historic center.
The property consists in 2 units:
the main house, 220 sqm, consists in a living-room with fireplace, a bedroom and a bathroom, all on the ground floor, on the basement is a kitchen, other living room with fireplace and a garage of 50 sqm, on the second floor are 2 large bedrooms and two bathrooms, plus attic room.
The smaller, 100 sqm, was made in the chapel della Beata Maria della Pestilenza with frescoes of sixteen century, it's consists in a large living-room, two bathrooms plus other room.
The old complex of the Monastery was built in the thirteenth century and it was completely restored by the various owners. Tradition say that Martin Luther in 1510, during his trip to Rome, was hosted by the Augustinians in this convent.
The monastery was abandoned by the Order in the nineteenth century.
The central square is 250 meters, the lake Bolsena is 5 km and the Rome airport to 100 km.
Tuscia is ocated on the corner of Umbria and Tuscany, in less than an hour's drive you can visit the medieval towns of Umbria, the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany and the beautiful Mediterranean beaches, including the Island of Giglio. Montefiascone has a particular geographic location, unique in all the territory of Tuscia and Etruria. The town (636 mt. high) is located on a landscape which expanses to the Maremma area of Tuscany to the peaks of the central Apennines, the waters of Lake Bolsena to those of the Mediterranean. Montefiascone is also, the birthplace of the famous wine EST! EST !! EST !!! and every year in August hosts the equally famous Wine Festival attracting tourists and visitors from all over who taste the wine and stroll the charming streets of the historical old town. One of the best kept secrets in Italy!
