Country House

The ancient country house, located on the foothills of the Castelli Romani, was built in the mid-19th century by a noble family from Marino.

It originally consisted of a large seasonal residence on the second floor, while the ground floor housed a large cellar and rooms for the processing of “Marino” (famous local wine) grown in the surrounding hills.

Left abandoned, by the late 1970s the country house was found to have been despoiled of its most valuable architectural and decorative elements: noble coat of arms, fountains, fireplaces and portals, all made of local peperino stone. The country house was, therefore, reduced to the state of ruins. A pity for a building, perhaps the closest to Rome, that testifies to the culture and history of wine in such a prestigious area as the Castelli Romani.

In 2005 we took over the ancient country house, with the commitment to restore it to its original splendor, through a scrupulous consolidation and restoration work (which lasted more than two years), with the recovery and use of materials that gave back to the building its original character.

We thought of allocating it as a “ historical residence” for tourism, certain that, the recovered building, inserted in the park of about 9,000 square meters and positioned on a hill overlooking Rome, could represent the ideal place for an evocative and relaxing stay.