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2 bedrooms palace, 200 m² Morciano di Leuca, Lecce (province) Salento
Salento
Main Features
garden
terrace
cellar
Description
Old building for sale in the historic center of the village
Salento Agency is pleased to present the sale of a beautiful building, a true testimony of the Salento territory.
Located in Via Ippolitis, the building has two parts built in different times; the oldest area dates back to the early 16th century and consists of a defense tower typical of the fortified buildings needed after the sack of Otranto from 1480 to defend itself from the continued Saracen incursions from the sea. In essence, this part of the building was part of the fortified floor already put into place in the adjoining Rione Torri, a real fortified tower theory with reduced access to the smallest terms and with very narrow stairs that allow the defenders to easily repel the assailants. The Tower is intact and occupies the south-west part of the current building, that is, facing the sea from which the bands of authentic raiders came. Widening the view of the entire Southern of Italy, it is evident that this need for defensive architecture in the local area was part of the great program wanted by the emperor Carlo V and built by its successor Philip II, of the construction of the coastal towers of watch and defense against the continuous ingressions of the Turks from Abruzzo to Campania, raids that were even continuing until the middle of the 18th century.
The Torre di Palazzo Donnicola still has two coats, one on Via Ippolitis and the other on the south façade of the building, which is facing the sea where the Saracen bands came.
In later times, presumably between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the tower was incorporated, almost encapsulated from the building, when Via Ippolitis reached its definitive organization, approximately towards the end of the sixteenth century beginning of the following century, in the period when it found its definitive organization the entire eastern wing of Via Ippolitis.
Fortunately, everything has remained preserved, from the most private rooms to the one used as a kitchen compartment enriched by a magnificent period fireplace.
Currently the building, intended for dining activities, is private property.
A careful recovery work has been carried out, from the ancient main entrance door to the ancient Salento vaults.
Beautiful is the entrance, highlighted by a magnificent vault adorned with floral drawings carved in typical tufa stone.
Inside it consists of six rooms on the ground floor with back garden, beautiful cellar in the basement with typical barrel vault and another room on the first floor located at the top of the watchtower.
The property can continue to be used for dining or you can request and obtain the change of intended use as a residential or accommodation facility.
Obviously, all the systems comply with the regulations in force and the property is equipped with a connection to the public services of water supply, sewer, natural gas.
This building is a true gem of Salento history.
MORCIAN OF LEUCA
Small town of Salento, also includes the beautiful village of Barbarano del Capo and the Torre Vado marina, a tourist destination renowned for its rocky and half sandy coast and for the presence of very fresh sources of fresh water. Morciano di Leuca boasts baroque churches with numerous underground mills, some visitable, a testimony of the prosperous oil economy of the territory. In Morciano it is still visible, also, one of the towers of the charming military castle dating back to the fourteenth century and having a defensive function. The same Torre Vado is named after the presence of a coastal tower, once a watchtower, dating back to the 16th century.
Salento Agency is pleased to present the sale of a beautiful building, a true testimony of the Salento territory.
Located in Via Ippolitis, the building has two parts built in different times; the oldest area dates back to the early 16th century and consists of a defense tower typical of the fortified buildings needed after the sack of Otranto from 1480 to defend itself from the continued Saracen incursions from the sea. In essence, this part of the building was part of the fortified floor already put into place in the adjoining Rione Torri, a real fortified tower theory with reduced access to the smallest terms and with very narrow stairs that allow the defenders to easily repel the assailants. The Tower is intact and occupies the south-west part of the current building, that is, facing the sea from which the bands of authentic raiders came. Widening the view of the entire Southern of Italy, it is evident that this need for defensive architecture in the local area was part of the great program wanted by the emperor Carlo V and built by its successor Philip II, of the construction of the coastal towers of watch and defense against the continuous ingressions of the Turks from Abruzzo to Campania, raids that were even continuing until the middle of the 18th century.
The Torre di Palazzo Donnicola still has two coats, one on Via Ippolitis and the other on the south façade of the building, which is facing the sea where the Saracen bands came.
In later times, presumably between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the tower was incorporated, almost encapsulated from the building, when Via Ippolitis reached its definitive organization, approximately towards the end of the sixteenth century beginning of the following century, in the period when it found its definitive organization the entire eastern wing of Via Ippolitis.
Fortunately, everything has remained preserved, from the most private rooms to the one used as a kitchen compartment enriched by a magnificent period fireplace.
Currently the building, intended for dining activities, is private property.
A careful recovery work has been carried out, from the ancient main entrance door to the ancient Salento vaults.
Beautiful is the entrance, highlighted by a magnificent vault adorned with floral drawings carved in typical tufa stone.
Inside it consists of six rooms on the ground floor with back garden, beautiful cellar in the basement with typical barrel vault and another room on the first floor located at the top of the watchtower.
The property can continue to be used for dining or you can request and obtain the change of intended use as a residential or accommodation facility.
Obviously, all the systems comply with the regulations in force and the property is equipped with a connection to the public services of water supply, sewer, natural gas.
This building is a true gem of Salento history.
MORCIAN OF LEUCA
Small town of Salento, also includes the beautiful village of Barbarano del Capo and the Torre Vado marina, a tourist destination renowned for its rocky and half sandy coast and for the presence of very fresh sources of fresh water. Morciano di Leuca boasts baroque churches with numerous underground mills, some visitable, a testimony of the prosperous oil economy of the territory. In Morciano it is still visible, also, one of the towers of the charming military castle dating back to the fourteenth century and having a defensive function. The same Torre Vado is named after the presence of a coastal tower, once a watchtower, dating back to the 16th century.
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Details
- Property TypePalace
- ConditionCompletely restored/Habitable
- Living area200 m²
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- Garden100 m²
- Terrace20 m²
- Energy Efficiency Rating711,98
- Reference0402MO
Distance from:
Distances are calculated in a straight line
- Airports
- Public transport
- Highway exit133.2 km - Autostrada Adriatica
- Hospital10.7 km - Azienda Ospedaliera Cardinale Giovanni Panico
- Coast3.1 km
- Ski resort160.0 km
What’s around this property
- Shops
- Eating out
- Sports activities
- Schools
- Pharmacy210 m - Pharmacy - Erboristeria Parafarmacia Dott.ssa Anna Rita Calabrese
- Veterinary9.7 km - Veterinary - Ambulatorio Veterinario Sant'Antonio
Information about Morciano di Leuca
- Elevation130 m a.s.l.
- Total area13.57 km²
- LandformFlatland
- Population3071
Contact Agent
Salento Agency
Piazza Torre 11, Morciano di Leuca, Lecce
+39 339 5803604
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