Vinci, Tuscany 50059

Collegonzi Vinci - In a panoramic hilly position, a few km from Empoli-Sovigliana, free villa on four sides with driveway garden of about 5000 square meters with swimming pool.The villa is about 400 square meters and is spread over two levels. On the ground floor there is a beautiful loggia with entrance hall, a rustic kitchen, a study, a double living room with fireplace, a bathroom and an ancillary room. Upstairs there is a kitchen, a double living room with fireplace, six bedrooms with various closets and three bathrooms.The finishes are with terracotta and parquet, characteristic of the time.From the garden you can enjoy a suggestive view of the entire valley.The conditions are good, but minimal renovation work would be necessary.Location The village designed by Leonardo and marked by the toponym Collegonzi is located just south of the slopes of Montalbano which house the castles of Vinci and Vitolini, a short distance from one of the deep bends of the Arno. This is the ancient castle of Collegonzi which belonged, like the nearby Valdarno castles of Vinci, Cerreto and Orbignano, to the powerful family of the Guidi counts.Vinci is the town where Leonardo was born, and here are the Leonardo Library, an international center of Leonardo studies, and the municipal Leonardo Museum of Vinci, a large and prestigious collection of models of Leonardo's inventions built inside the Palazzina Uzielli and the Castle of the Guidi Counts, an admirable medieval fortification dating back to the eleventh century. Visited by 130, 000 people every year, the Leonardo Museum is one of the most important and popular museums in Tuscany.Services 30 minutes from the airports of Pisa and Florence, reachable by the Fipili highway.A few minutes by car are the towns of Sovigliana and Empoli, with all the services related to schools, shops, railways and supermarkets.