Tuscan Castle

We are pleased to be proud to offer for sale for the first time the historic Castle in Montebenichi which, with its thousand years of history, majestically towers over the green Tuscan hills of Chianti.
The urban core of Montebenichi, located on the border with the province of Siena, is part of the last eastern offshoot of the Chianti region.
In the dominant position of the medieval village is the Castelletto di Montebenichi, restored between 1901 and 1907 in the Aragonese Sienese style.
The Castle of Montebenichi, dating back to the mid-sixteenth century, is located at the southeastern end of the urban center and adjacent to the third ring of the urban layout. Probably constituted the most external construction and the scarp of the prospect overlooking the valley underlines its defensive character.The Castle stands on the ridge of the hill and accompanies the slight slope, in fact, the road that goes up to the urban center borders its three fronts. The irregular plant and the composite volume are the result of the continuous interventions carried out over the centuries. Spread over three levels covered in part with a flat roof, used as a terrace, and partly with a roof with wooden framework and sloping roofs of roof tiles and roof tiles. The structural plant consists of masonry of sandstone rocks, arenaceous limestone and brick in various shapes and moldings. The wall face partially covered by plaster is characterized by small and medium-sized stones just rough-hewn or in the form of river pillars; the texture is rather irregular and has bricks laying horizontally but also as wedges, corner pieces and frames. The mortar is in many places washed out, crumbly and sandy. The angled parts are mostly composed of square and regularized masonry. The portions of buffered masonry do not follow a precise compositional logic and form chaotic prospects. The ground floor is made up of small service areas, many of which have been modified to meet the needs of the farm that has operated there since 1922. In the central part there are the works of connection to the noble floor: a staircase main straight between walls, barrel vaulted and a secondary stairwell, closed at this level. The entrance leads to the left and to the right, to two distinct non-communicating parts, composed of a series of organized environments without a precise distribution criterion. Among these are the only kitchen, with fireplace and sink, and a small bathroom created through partitions inside a room. All the rooms are paved with terracotta tiles (about 15x30) and ceilings made with wooden and haphazard warping, with the exception of the south-west wing, with a concrete floor, whose ceiling is made either with sections in sections of steel and brick, both with reinforced concrete joists and tiles. From the main floor it is possible to access, through three openings on the south-west elevation, a terrace with battlements. An additional level below the roof is accessible via a ladder located above the main staircase.