PAVULLO NIVIANO The owner of this farmhouse told me that his house was once a convent of priests ... I searched but I found no trace of this testimony. So I can't tell you anything about this story. Peccato.
Certainly the house of Giacomo has many characteristics of the convent, starting from the position, on a summit right next to an ancient tower, the house is collected and enclosed and difficult to reach just like the convents were in the Middle Ages. ..
Fortunately, however, Giacomo has built a beautiful and comfortable road to get home!
It is the late morning of a sunny day in late August, today I have an appointment with Giacomo to photograph his house, in the morning we will photograph the east side and in the afternoon, after the lunch that Giacomo has prepared for us, we will go back to the south and west sides. In Niviano (once GallinaMorta in memory of a battle between the Romans and the roosters who clashed here) there is only one road that ends a few km beyond the hamlet and for this reason the road is very little traveled.
The house is clearly visible, it is right on the cucuczzolo next to a medieval watchtower. opens under an oak a ntica and secular, and the road that follows it winds in a helix around the hill on which the tower and the neighboring house stands: Wall in stone on the left, panorama on the right.
I walk the 50 meters of gravel road and arrive at the house. The house has been almost entirely renovated, there are still only three rooms and three attics to do. One of these rooms has a fireplace that I can only imagine how nice when it is finished!
The house is all in yellowish stone just like the color of the local stones ... ahead of the house there is a large flat square with underneath a stone slab with green grass that sprouts among the stones. Below there is a luxuriant vegetable garden of tomatoes and peppers ... a strong scent of basil pervades me: Giovanni is preparing the sauce for spaghetti with basil from the garden.
Too short?
Continued: on the ground floor there is the living room with kitchen that can be seen in the photo: exposed stone walls, oak floors with terracotta tiles, terracotta ... There is also a study , a cellar and on the other side of the house there is a wood-burning oven and a wine, hams and salami cellar ... to be completed, a bedroom, a closet, a bathroom and the three rooms to be restored. that the photographs are much more eloquent than my words ...
So Enjoy!
I forgot, the tower is not owned but are sold you the titles for the usucapione ...--94d3ad4b66b55d10763b407c7f8fe1c6!
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