THE ESTATE
Buildings and impressions
San Fiorano is located, white and shining, on a hill at the foot of the Apennine Mountains. The town exudes enchanting tranquility.
Your view will fall upon gentle, partially wooded, rolling hills, and a number of distant homesteads. The sunrise and sunsets are often spectacularly colourful and, at night, the moon and stars can be clearly seen and appear very close. Shooting stars and fireflies compete with the stars for sparkles. The building is surrounded by a spacious, park-like garden, with cypresses, pines, a pond with water lilies, and a pool which is open from mid-May to mid-October.
Meadows and patios around the house and hills, which enclose both the pool and the pond, offer space and opportunity of retreat for all desires: playing, relaxing, reading and working. A well, privately owned by San Fiorano, provides the house and pool with water, even in hot and dry summers. A photovoltaic system at the corner of the estate provides the house with electricity. There are several sun loungers, tables, chairs and hammocks.
The central feature of the building was and remains the church. At the time, the parish, stables, magazine and servants’ rooms were simply built around the church. Today, the church is used for festivities, dining and music-making, or as a cool refuge on hot days. The monastic cells of the parish have turned into comfortable bedrooms, the stables and storerooms into both living rooms and kitchens as well as bathrooms.
