House With Pool In A Wine Estate Close To Assisi And Perugia. Free WIFI

About Fiorbellina Maria Spinola

Born in Rome, I run in Umbria a wine estate and agricoltural estate.

Fiorbellina Maria Spinola purchased this House in 1995

Why Fiorbellina Maria Spinola chose Torgiano

The farm I MORI GELSI is located in the green heart of Umbria, less than a mile from Torgiano, a village inserted in the association “I BORGHI PIU’ BELLI D’ITALIA. Framed by the rolling hills of vineyards and a characteristic, enchanting Umbrian landscape. The view from the house is on the vineyards of Fattoria Spinola and in the distance of Perugia and Torgiano.

What makes this House unique

Nice welcome, smart sorroundings, in the very heart of the Region. FATTORIA SPINOLA: Fattoria Spinola was a convent of nuns in the late thirteenth century. In fact, there is still a private consecrated chapel with frescoes dating back approximately at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Unfortunately, these frescoes are very damaged, either because they have been discovered by Antonio Spinola (my grandfather) only in the early '900 - at that time this room was used for storage of farm and it was painted white - and because during the 1997 earthquake many pieces of fresco were detached from the ceiling. We do not have the possibility to restore it because it is quite expensive. During the post-earthquake restoration, we discovered that the facade of the chapel had been hidden by plaster. In fact, the part of the building next to the Chapel was added at a later time (1600).We decided to leave out the plaster original brick facade with the frame of the original roof (lowest building constructed later). Around 1700 the Fattoria Spinola became the country house of the noble family Goga (now extinct). You can still see the emblem on the altar of the Chapel and stone at the entrance to my house. In 1818, the last Cardinal Spinola family (SPINOLA, Hugh Peter * 17911858) was sent to Perugia by Pope and bought about 3,000 acres of homes, land, villas. He was the uncle of my grandfather, that's why his death left him and his brothers all his possessions. My grandfather happened to the Fattoria Spinola with 70 acres of land.