for Sale to Orta San Giulio

At the top of the Sacro Monte on the <strong>Orta San Giuliostrong> peninsula, we offer for <strong>Salestrong> the Conventino, a former seventeenth-century monastery and private home since 1860, which offers stunning views of the San Giulio Island to the west and the lake to the south.<br> <br> <br> The Conventino is located in approximately 8,000 square meters of park and garden with a covered built area of approximately 2,760 square meters of which approximately 2,050 square meters are intended for residential use. <br> The property consists of a master apartment, as well as seven other apartments around a central cloister.<br> The entire complex is then equipped with a basement and a part of the semi-basement used as cellars and warehouses with interesting old laundry, water supply and food storage systems. <br> Under the cloister there is a large central cistern for collecting rainwater and a well with spring water.<br> The property also includes a large two-story building used as a carriage house, entrance and storage room which could be renovated into another apartment with a garden view.<br> The garden in spring with azaleas, camellias and hydrangeas has a micro climate that also favors palms and magnolias. The private park is rich in decorative woody and arboreal essences and an orchard.<br> <br> <br> The house has a rich and varied history, from its beginnings as a Capuchin convent, with square columns in the cloister and frescoes recalling obedience and silence, to the arrival of Napoleon I, when it became private property in 1810. After a brief period on loan to an order of Franciscan Friars, the family used the property as a home until World War II when it was also used as a school and as the operational headquarters of Alfa Romeo, evacuated from Milan.<br> Several interiors still reflect the monastic past such as the cloister, the kitchen and the refectory in the master's apartment.<br> In the refectory, eighteenth-century frescoes adorn the two back walls with an attic restored to its original bare natural beams. From the balcony you have breathtaking views of the lake at midday.<br> <br> <br> Surface Area Estimate:<br> Total property area approximately 8,200 m2<br> Land area in park approx. 7,280 m2<br> Built surface area for residential use approximately 2,050 m2<br> <br> <br> In 1980 the Sacro Monte became a Special Nature Reserve by Regional Law with the aim of providing for the maintenance of this remarkable heritage.<br> <br> <br> The Sacred Mount of Orta is one of the 9 Sacred Mounts of Piedmont and Lombardy that constitute the UNESCO World Heritage Site, ensuring the continued exclusivity of the place for the future.<br> Orta is located 90 km northwest of Milan, 60 km from the Swiss border near Locarno and only 45 km from Malpensa airport. <br> Known as the jewel of the lakes, Orta offers a perfect countryside escape.<br> <br> <br> For information and inspections<br> <br> <br> L'immobiliare.com Milano Magenta<br>Milano Via Vincenzo Monti 12 - MM1-MM2 Cadorna - MM1 Conciliazione<br>milano.magenta@limmobiliare.com<br>Tel. +39 02 49600881 === Mob. +39 392 1430000 === Mob. +39 340 6404288<br> You can also contact us via WhatsApp at +39 334 1960048