Pian dei Giullari

This apartment in a period villa is located in the area of Pian dei Giullari, one of the most renowned and well-known areas of Florence. The house (365 sqm) is located on the ground and basement floors of the villa and houses a total of 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Outside, the villa is surrounded by a 785-sqm of private garden and has two reserved parking spaces in the parking lot below.

HISTORY OF THE VILLA

The villa is named after the Russian prince Alexander Zoubaloff, who commissioned the building in the early 20th century. The Russian nobleman, who arrived in Florence in the late 19th century, had a villa built to exhibit his impressive collection of art pieces, most of them masterful copies of historical masterworks (including a life-size reproduction of the Baptistery doors by Ghiberti). After purchasing several plots of land between 1902 and 1906, Zoubaloff initiated the construction in 1907. Only a few years later, heavily indebted and with the villa almost completed, the prince was forced to put his properties up for sale and in 1917 the entire collection was auctioned off.

Upon his death in 1919, the villa passed first to his heirs and the following year to Leonzio Sartori and Ernesto Alessandri. In 1927, the Morroni family took possession of the property and made various changes that are still visible today.

During the war, the villa, together with the nearby Torre del Gallo, was requisitioned by the Italian-German forces and converted into a prison: part of the interior partitions and the tiled floors on the ground floor date back to this period.

The building then passed to a company in the 1960s: a renovation project was initiated in 1985 and concluded in 1991 with the splitting up of the villa and the sale of the various apartments to private individuals.

On the hills of Florence, in the renowned area of Pian dei Giullari, historic villa with park and olive grove for sale. The buildings (almost 900 m²) need complete renovation but offer ample space for both a private residence and a small accommodation business. The 4.4-ha park located on the gentle slope of the hill hosts a large olive grove to be recovered and a terraced garden with double access (one for the villa, the other for the outbuildings).

Services are all available nearby (about 5’ drive) and the historic center of Florence (Porta Romana) can be reached in less than ten minutes. From the villa you can easily reach both Florence airport (20’) and the A1 highway from which you can then reach most of the cities of Tuscany in less than two hours (San Gimignano, Lucca, Pisa, Montalcino...).