2 bedrooms house, 190 m²

Filattiera, Massa-Carrara (province)

Lunigiana

Exclusive. At the foot of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine chain in the characteristic village of Rocca Sigillina, we offer this property consisting of the house and 8 cellars, one of which has a south-east facing terrace. The house can only be reached on foot, after parking the car in the small square of the village. Cross the alley with stone vaults, on the sides of which are the cellars of the property. Some of them are partially renovated. Fresh and dry, they were intended to accommodate the food and wines of the work of the inhabitants of the Rocca: in particular chestnut flour and wine. The house is accessed by an exclusive entrance, and from the private courtyard there is access to the ground floor where we find the kitchen and the living room, as well as a balcony. External stairs lead to the first floor including the two bedrooms and the bathroom. In front of the house there is a private courtyard where you can spend time in the open air, and which can access two cellars. About 30 meters from the house there is another cellar with an exclusive south-facing terrace of about 50 square meters, suitable for use as a relaxation or recreational area. In addition there is also a small plot of about 220 square meters 300 meters away. The property also includes many acres of land that can be negotiated. The first services and shops are about 10 minutes away by car.
The village of Rocca Sigillina is located in the Caprio valley, where the stream receives the waters of the Cuccarello. It clings to the ridge of the buttress that descends steeply from the Apennines. It seems to be possible to touch the Marmagna, the Braiola and the Aquila, looming over this once strategic town and from which a wide panorama opens up to the Magra and then beyond, to the hills between Tuscany and Liguria. Here, well before the year 1000, a massive watchtower was erected along the and quot;Lombard road and quot;, one of the most important of the time, which from the valley floor went up to the Cirone pass and from here reached the centers of the Po Valley. To this day, you can still walk or even mountain bike along this ancient road, until you reach the meadows of Logarghena. Today only a few traces of that medieval and quot;fortress and quot; remain, recently recovered and can be visited thanks to a daring iron staircase that leads to the space at the top, at the north end of the village, in front of the façade of that parish church that can be seen from miles away. Ruins of a coveted and disputed fortification on what, in the Middle Ages, was the southern border of the free municipality of Pontremoli. And where the ancient and quot;Rocca Valsazzulina and quot; was a strategic garrison. Those who possessed it could control the transits to and from the Apennines on the left bank of the Magra, avoiding the problematic transit to Pontremoli.