Timeless palace in the Poet's Village
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What you should know about this house
- House
- 1400
- 21
- 7
- 5
- 1,000 m²
- 2
- Good
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- Decentral heating
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- Gas
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- Stone
Amenities and special features of this house
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- Basement
- Patio
- Attic
- Alarm system
- Garden
- Fireplace
In the heart of Arquà Petrarca, where the time seems to have stopped, we are pleased to offer on exclusive Palazzo Contarini, the most important and architecturally significant building in the medieval village which hosted the famous poet Francesco Petrarca during the last years of his life. Of fourteenth-century origin, it still retains the character and architecture of the "Villa Dominicalis" of the fifteenth-century Venetian nobleman. The coats of arms still present on the facades of the building are the testimony of the noble families who have lived throughout history. The house looks like a single body with a rectangular plan but is actually composed of two juxtaposed volumes: the older one, with a square plan, with an external staircase that leads to an all-round arched door flanked by oculi, surmounted by a three-mullioned lancet window and flanked by a large archway, now closed. The internal distribution is simple and regular, in the middle dominates the typical large hall of Venetian palaces, repeated on the upper floor. On the sides there are various rooms of different dimensions.The more recent body, on the other hand, has two open arches surmounted by three-light and single-lancet windows, which lead to an imposing portico that leads to the second entrance of the building. The construction has a very solid appearance and rests on the foundations largely on limestone. The materials used are those typical of the place: rows of stones alternating with bricks in the lower part of the building, and bricks in the upper part. Istrian stone and trachyte were also used for the staircases. The property is spread over three levels with an area of about 400 square meters each: on the ground floor there is a large living room, a dining room, an eat-in kitchen with a stone fireplace, a study area and some large accessory rooms that can be used as a cellar and shelter for cars. The floors are in terracotta, vermilion red tiles, painted for better conservation. The ceilings have a simple structure with a close weave of exposed beams and boast an important height of over 4 meters. The noble floor currently houses the sleeping area, consisting of a second central hall and a further seven large bedrooms generously illuminated by the light that filters through the numerous windows of the building. On the second level there is a spacious open-space attic, with original exposed beams and tiles, which can be used for multiple uses.An enchanting and intimate garden of over 500 square meters, through which to admire the suggestive surrounding landscape immersed in tranquility and silence, completes and makes the property even more unique and exclusive. Due to its location and characteristics, Palazzo Contarini lends itself not only to residential use but also as a location for events, a tourist accommodation facility or a prestigious representative office.
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Zone Limitrofe: Location and surroundings of this property
The property enjoys a privileged and at the same time strategic position: in the historic and central Piazza Petrarca, the soul of the small medieval village, it offers an enchanting panoramic view on the surrounding Euganean Hills.
Arquà Petrarca is a delightful medieval village of about 1900 inhabitants, considered one of the most beautiful and characteristic village of the Euganean Hills, gentle hills of volcanic origin that rise in the center of the Venetian plain.
It rises on the slopes of Monte Ventolone and Monte Piccolo, in the Euganean Hills complex and owes its notoriety to the eternal fame of the famous Tuscan poet Francesco Petrarca, who spent the last years of his life here, until his death in 1374. The poet's house and his funeral monument are still today the destination of literary pilgrimages and cultural visits.
The beauty and charm of the still extraordinarily intact historic center have made it possible to place it among the "most beautiful villages in Italy". Furthermore, the attention paid to the valorisation of local products, including the excellent olive oil, has allowed it to join the National Association of Oil Cities and thus become a prestigious destination for food and wine tourism of the highest quality.
Arquà Petrarca also enjoys a strategic position: just 10 minutes by car from Monselice and from the entrance to the motorway and about 30 minutes from Padua, the city of Sant'Antonio.
- Minvest Real Estate S.r.l.
- Licence partner of E&V Italia S.r.l.
- Riccardo Marzari
- Via D. Vandelli, 1/a
angolo Galleria Duomo - 35141 Padova
- Phone: +39 049 2951 313
Energy Information
- 360.24 kWh/(m²*a)
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- Gas
- 1400
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Commission Details
The appointment for the sale with our real estate agency and our real estate agents is formalized with a written agreement or, without any document, with the utilization of the services shown in our service brochure, in our real estate expose and relevant conditions. The brokerage fee (commission) is to be paid by the buyer in the amount of 4.00 % + VAT on the purchase/sale price. The commission shall mature and become due at the sales agreement between the seller and the purchaser (sale proposal signed by the promissee purchaser and duly accepted by the promissory seller). Minvest Real Estate s.r.l. (affiliate of Engel & Völkers Italia Srl) and its agents have therefore the right to immediately demand the payment of the commission when the above mentioned circumstance occurs. Registration fee, notary costs, land register fee and mortgage tax are to be paid by the purchaser. No responsibility will be accepted by Minvest Real Estate s.r.l. for the information provided in the website, as all materials are supplied by the purchaser and/or by his trustworthy professionals. Minvest Real Estate s.r.l. considers this information to be truthful and does not take responsibility for it to be out-dated, partial or inaccurate. It is understood that the seller, besides his obligation towards Minvest Real Estate s.r.l. , has the right to sell the property to third parties until the signature, for acceptance, of the sale proposal submitted by the promissee purchaser. In case the purchaser already visited the property, he has to comunicate it to Minvest Real Estate s.r.l. In connection with anything not expressly provided for in this document, the Italian Civil Code provisions are valid.
