2 bedrooms apartment, 110 m²

Arpino, Frosinone (province)

APPARTAMENTO VICOLO RICCIA
In splendid and ancient Arpino, a citadel predating Rome and birthplace of one of her most illustrious sons, Cicero, is a distinct quarter known as Falconara, as romantic and glamorous as the city itself and a lovely setting for this charming house, wonderfully proportioned to the streetscape and ideally located. The residence, spanning 110 square meters, is divided into 80 square meters on the first floor with an additional 30 square meters on the ground floor, creating a property with separate external entrances but interconnected living spaces.

This house boasts external facades on two parallel sides, an enchanting experience of time-defying architecture. A small private courtyard of approximately 15 square meters graces the front entrances, providing a perfect spot for open-air breakfasts on sunny mornings or a tranquil escape. This could become a very pretty area, enhanced by plants and potplants, and is full of character.

Renovated in 2008, this property represents a promising long-term investment. Houses with this type of structure in these settings always exude character and charm and still allow for imaginative reconfiguration for contemporary living. This property embodies the perfect opportunity to create stylish and functional spaces that together combine to form a wonderfully bespoke new home in an old house with tons of character.

With two external entrances, the apartment is spread over the first floor and ground floor. Access to the first floor is provided through an internal staircase from the ground floor (the main entrance). This elegant marble staircase leads to a spacious and bright living/dining area of 35 square meters with an open kitchen.

The arrangement of the rooms includes a first bathroom of 4 square meters, cleverly designed with a wooden skylight positioned above the shower enclosure, maximizing natural light and ventilation. The functionality of the living and sleeping areas remains a focal point, with the sleeping quarters on the first floor benefiting from ample natural light. Here, you'll find the first bedroom of 20 square meters and the master bedroom of 25 square meters, complete with a fully renovated 4 square meter ensuite bathroom featuring a double glazed double door way, allowing for abundant natural light.

From the first floor (the second entrance), we access the tavern, through a small hallway leading to a 30 square meter lounge area. The front wall of the lounge features an open fireplace, adding to the room's cozy charm. To the right, a partition wall conceals an 8 square meter kitchenette. The entire space lends itself to reconfiguration and offers ample opportunity to redesign the layout, creating new zoning, and perhaps personalizing the environment with an open kitchen and interconnected spaces.

The tavern has direct access to the first floor via an internal staircase. The property is equipped with electrical connections, water supply, radiator heating system fueled by natural gas, and a separate TV system.

These homes tell a story, bearing witness to the passage of time and standing ready to accommodate new modes of living, new interiors, new spirit but ever proudly bearing forms only centuries can bring. Embrace living a new life in places older than recorded time.

ARPINO AND THE CIOCIARIA

Arpino is one of the major medieval hilltop towns in the area of Italy called the Ciociaria, the name given to the fertile land that lies south of Rome but north of Naples, situated inland in the hills in the heart of Italy. The Ciociaria region is within easy reach of both Rome and Naples and their respective airports. A day's shopping in Rome is a common pastime, while an even shorter drive brings you to the charming beaches south of Rome. Alternatively, drive east, and the mountains of the Abruzzo National Park await with horse trekking in the magnificent beech forests, and sparkling mountain lakes and rivers where you can swim in the heat of the summer. And at the other extreme of temperature, although Arpino itself is temperate, less than an hour's drive brings you to the winter ski slopes.

Often overlooked, both by tourists and by those foreigners in search of an Italian home, in favour of the more publicised regions of Tuscany and Umbria, the Ciociaria remains largely an unspoilt gem with beautiful scenery and medieval hilltop towns. A home or second home in the Ciociaria, in the hilltop towns of Arpino, Veroli, Alatri or Alvito or in the rolling countryside that surrounds them, will afford you a setting where over two thousand years of history combine with an idyllic rural Italian lifestyle, where you can still discover the 'real' Italy and take time out from the busy crowds of the larger tourist cities, while being less than ninety minutes journey from central Rome or either of Rome's two airports. 


VIA ROMANA Srls and CASE & CASALI REAL ESTATE AGENCY 

Via Romana Srls is an Italian-incorporated company owned by a British/Australian Chartered Accountant and her photographer daughter, and offers a package of services to facilitate all aspects of the purchase and restoration of Italian property by overseas clients. The Via Romana team works in collaboration with various fully-licensed Italian real estate agencies including Case & Casali Real Estate Agency represented by Sig. Ciro Tomei. Sig. Tomei has been enrolled in the register of real estate agents at the Chamber of Commerce in Frosinone, Lazio since 2007, is one of the largest and most highly-regarded real estate agents in the area and has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate.