3 bedrooms historic apartment, 160 m²

Fontechiari, Frosinone (province)

Casa Mattotti

Casa Matteotti is an elegant, fully restored apartment in the heart of the historic centre of Fontechiari, a few steps from the main Church of San Giovanni.

The large (40 m2) living room has marble flooring throughout, a fireplace in pink French marble, and two balconies, one overlooking the old town, the other with a view out over the valley. The kitchen, with same marble floors, is in fitted wood, and looks out over the old town.

Also on this floor, there is the master bedroom, which has a small balcony looking out over the valley, the master bathroom, with a hydromassage shower, and the laundry room.

An elegant marble staircase leads to another large hallway, from which opens a large bedroom, a third bedroom currently used as a dressing room and finally another bathroom also with a hydromassage shower. 

There is also a 'cantina' (ground floor cellar) of 50 square metres.

Located on the first floor of an important and historic building from the 1800s, the apartment for sale underwent renovation completed in 2001. 

The apartment is equipped with double thermal glass windows, hydromassage shower cubicles, air conditioning, security front door, heating with the possibility of using eitheer methane gas or pellets, mosquito nets, balconies with panoramic views and finally a water reserve autoclave in the cellar.  The sales price does not include the current existing furniture but does include all the fixtures.

The building in which the apartment is located is one of the most important historic buildings of Fontechiari, and includes two other apartments, owned by the same family, and also for sale. One is a ground floor apartment with bedroom, bathroom and large living room with galley kitchen; the other is the top floor 'piano mobile' with frescoed ceilings. 

THE CIOCIARIA 

Fontechiari is 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 the towns of the Ciocaria are 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 publicized 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 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.