900,000 €
4 bedrooms villa, 575 m² Baone, Padua (province)
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Description
I carry with me only a worn cloak, a pot of wine, and the promise I made to Bacchus: to reach his sacred hills, those they call the Euganean Hills, to honour him on the longest night of the year. They say that up there, among the vineyards that touch the sky, the god still descends among men. They say that whoever dances until dawn will receive a year of pure joy as a gift.
I followed the Via Postumia, then veered north, where the mountains become gentle and the scent of wild grapes is felt before you even see them. Yesterday I crossed a forest of oaks. Today, shortly after midday, as the sun burned the back of my neck and my shoes were reduced to shreds, I spotted a villa.
It's not like the ones I know in Rome, closed and severe. This one is open, generous. It seems to rise from the earth itself, as if the walls were roots and the roof a branch reaching towards the sun.
I approached. The garden stretches out before me for an immense distance – I counted steps, perhaps ten thousand arms of land – all dotted with ancient olive trees and tall grass that the wind bends like a sea. I pushed open the wooden gate. It wasn't closed. Perhaps the god wanted it that way.
Entered.
Immediately I discovered a staircase leading to the basement. I followed it, driven by curiosity, and found a large tavern. It's dark and cool, with a huge fireplace that still smells of burnt wood. I thought of winter nights, when outside the snow covers the hills and inside you drink warm, telling stories until midnight. A place for the gods of wine and friendship.
I went back up to the ground floor. Here I found two immense rooms, as large as temples, full of windows overlooking the hills and the plain. In one of these, in the centre, there is a hearth – a low and wide fireplace, where you could cook bread and roast meat for an entire tribe. I placed my hand on the stone. It was warm. Someone, perhaps just a few hours ago, had lit the fire.
Further on I saw the kitchen. It is large, tidy, and next to it there is a room with stone vats and water channels: the laundry room, where the women of the house once scrubbed tunics and sang.
The most beautiful thing, however, I discovered when going outside. From the kitchen and the staircases you have access to a porch. I stopped on the threshold and my breath caught. Before me the Euganean Hills opened up like a fan, green and purple under the afternoon sun. Terraced vineyards, patches of cypresses, distant villages perched on the peaks. I thought: "If Bacchus lives anywhere, it's here."
Going upstairs I found the bedrooms. They are spacious, full of light, each with its own bathroom and a small terrace overlooking south. I imagined lying down on one of those beds, with the windows open and the scent of linden trees drifting in gently. I imagined the silence. Here, far from the bustle of the Forum, far from the carts and the cries of the markets, a man could sleep as he has never slept.
I went back down to the garden. I walked among the olive trees – there are dozens, all mine, if this villa were mine – and filled the pot with water from a spring I found hidden among the rocks. Then I sat down. I drank. I watched the sun slowly descend behind the hills.
The festivals of Bacchus begin tonight. I had to go higher, where the bonfires are already lit and the sound of drums can be heard. But something holds me here, in this villa that has welcomed me like a son.
Perhaps Bacchus doesn't want me to dance among the crowd. Perhaps the gift the god wants to give me is another.
Perhaps he is offering me a home.
Tomorrow I will decide. Tonight I will sleep under the porch, with the olive trees acting as sentinels and the Hills watching over me. And if tomorrow, upon waking, the god speaks to me again, I will answer.
Details
- Property Type
- Villa
- Condition
- Partially restored
- Living area
- 575 m²
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 5
- Land
- 1.2 ha
- Terrace
- 40 m²
- Energy Efficiency Rating
- Reference
- V003256
Distance from:
- Airports
60.0 km - Verona VRN - Valerio Catullo
61.0 km - Venezia VCE - Marco Polo
62.0 km - Venezia TSF - Treviso
85.0 km - Bologna BLQ - Guglielmo Marconi
- Highway exit
- 6.5 km - Svincolo Noventa Vic.
- Hospital
- 7.4 km - Ospedali Riuniti Padova Sud "Madre Teresa di Calcutta"
- Coast
- 50.7 km
- Ski resort
- 55.2 km
What’s around this property
- Shops
850 m - Supermarket - IN'S
1.4 km - Convenience shop
2.2 km - Confectionery shop - Dolci Idee di Turato Giovanna
2.3 km - Bakery - La boutique del pane
- Sports activities
2.7 km - Sport centre - Tennis Club Este - tennis
8.6 km - Golf club - Golf Club Padova
15.0 km - Gym
17.8 km - Horse riding - Scuderia In Bloom
- Schools
1.4 km - School
16.5 km - Higher education institution - IC Val Liona
20.8 km - University - C.U.R. - Consorzio Universitario Rovigo
- Pharmacy
- 2.2 km - Pharmacy - Pedrazzoli
- Veterinary
- 1.1 km - Veterinary - Cani e Gatti
Information about Baone
- Elevation
- 17 m a.s.l.
- Total area
- 24.42 km²
- Landform
- Inland hill
- Population
- 3059
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