Baglio Mandralisca, a typical historic Sicilian residence among centuries-old olive trees

This wonderful 19th-century Sicilian baglio takes us back in time, when life moved slowly among cultivated fields, vineyards and olive groves. Set in a rural setting, where the view stretches across hills and the sea, one can imagine how work once marked the days; the animal stalls on the ground floor let us picture how work in the fields was organized, across the expanses of this 119,000 sq m estate, where boundaries are not perceived. On the first floor, the area intended for the family, with several rooms for personal use and a small balcony in stone and wrought iron, brings back an era when the owner would step out to oversee the work in the fields and watch over the olive trees, vineyards and lands fading into the horizon. Today, of Baglio Mandralisca only the charm of a lost time remains, yet it suggests how life could once again echo within these same walls and across these fields. The structure, between ground floor and first floor, measures 321 sq m, plus warehouses of 106 sq m; moreover, under the zoning plan it is possible to build detached agricultural or residential buildings with two above-ground levels in the first case and one above-ground level in the second case, building density 0.03 cu m/sq m. The building consists of two adjoining building bodies, one main, with two above-ground levels, and the other ancillary with a single above-ground level, comprising four urban real estate units, located on the ground and first floors. The main building body is divided into four rooms, stairwell, W.C., two storage rooms and a rustic kitchen with oven, and into six rooms, hallway and rustic kitchen on the first floor, accessed via an internal staircase; the ancillary building body is divided into one storage room and three ancillary rooms on the ground floor. The property has rural features: wooden floors, stone masonry, paved floors in irregular stone, a pitched roof covering with traditional Sicilian roof tiles. Excellent investment.