20 bedrooms masseria, 1000 m²

Ceglie Messapica, Brindisi (province)

Itria Valley

CEGLIE MESSAPICA (BR) SALENTO, APULIA
In Ceglie Messapica, in the locality of Alfieri, we are pleased to offer for sale the exclusive Masseria ALFIERI, a Masseria for sale in Salento dating back to 1833, built by the hand of a famous architect Francesco Allegretti, destined for a Masseria for cattle breeding. , tillage, production of dairy products and agricultural commodities. The first floor used as a holiday home for the noble family.
The beautiful and evocative Salento Masseria, formerly known as Masseria degli ALFIERI, has about 1000 square meters of buildings and is surrounded by 100 hectares of agricultural land partly planted with centuries-old oak wood, partly by arable land surrounded by large oak trees and Mediterranean scrub.
The property is totally enclosed by dry stone walls and is surrounded by suggestive country roads, with its Salento countryside contexts.
From a long avenue immersed in the Mediterranean scrub, you begin to see the land mixed with Mediterranean scrub and arable land at times, thus entering a totally different context from the one around. It seems to be in another era and context. This feeling becomes very strong when you see the Masseria, which has remained intact in all its splendor.
At the end of this avenue you can see the beautiful Masseria located on a slight promontory, from which you can enjoy the view of the surrounding countryside, as far as the eye can see.
The Masseria consists of ground floor and first floor. On the ground floor there are stables and rooms for the processing of agricultural and dairy products, with ancient kitchens and ovens for the production of durum wheat bread. On the first floor there are large rooms used as the Massaro's house and stores for supplies.
The building is characterized by the typical star vaults in local “living stone”, barrel vaults, and by cone-shaped trulli, always of the same stone, all built dry.
The context of the entire property is fascinating and highly suggestive which, while suggesting the idea of ​​a splendid accommodation solution, lends itself to various opportunities, not least that of a prestigious private residence or summer residence.
This property lends itself perfectly to being used as a Rural Tourist Structure, Luxury Masseria with Swimming Pool, Luxury Resort, Luxury Agricultural Estate, SPA and Golf Resort, Luxury Rural Farmhouse.
Ceglie Messapica, a Messapian town of ancient origin, very interesting for its geographical location, in recent years a popular destination for tourists from all over the world, inserted in the geographical area of ​​VALLE D'ITRIA, with a beautiful historic center, is located in 6 km from the Masseria, 20 km from Brindisi airport.
History
According to tradition, the foundation of Ceglie would be linked to the arrival in Italy of the mythical Messapi people, to whom the construction of megalithic artefacts known with the name of specchie is attributed.
It was known to the Greeks with the name of Kailìa. The urban core, extended at the foot of a hill, was defended by fortifications whose scant remains are known with the local name of "Paretone". Extra-urban sanctuaries dedicated to the Greek gods Apollo (at today's church of San Rocco), Venus (on the hill of Montevicoli) and under the Basilica of Sant'Anna, the fragments of votive pottery, would have arisen in the city. and remains of the temple of the goddess Latona mother of Apollo and Diana.
The city was a sighting point for the Messapi people with the centers of Oria and Brindisi for a long time fighting against the Spartan Taranto that aspired to an outlet on the Adriatic Sea. In Roman times the city had by now fallen into decline.
The settlement dynamics of medieval Ceglie were extensively analyzed in a conference of studies in 2009. In the Norman age Ceglie is known as a fief, Castellum Caeje, under the authority of the Castellano Paganus who delineates its borders with the powerful city of Ostuni . In the Swabian age the village was known as Celie de Galdo (Ceglie della Foresta) and was required to contribute, together with the farmhouse of Santa Maria dei Grani, to the maintenance of the castle of Oria . Its most important feudal lord was Glicerio de Persona (Glicerio de Matino) former feudal lord of Matino and Casale di Tuglie, lord of the Terre di Ceglie del Gualdo, Mottola, Soleto and Casale di San Pietro in Galatina . Glicerio sided with Manfredi of Sicily against the Angevins. Conrad IV of Swabia, son of Frederick II of Swabia, also fell, Glicerio was the leader of the defenders in the siege of Gallipoli which represented the last attempt of resistance by the Swabians against the Angevins. At the fall of Gallipoli Glicerio was captured, taken to prison in the castle of Brindisi (together with his sons Gervasio, Giovanni and Perello) and condemned for felony, he suffered the gallows. . The Cegliesi possessions were confiscated and sold to Anselino de Toucy.