Borgo Ragoni - Terre Antiche

A place in the sun
MENU
or to be planned in Central Italy
Lovely antiseismic villas for sale
MENU
Go to content
Ancient, Italian, manorial residence for development in Central Italy: Borgo Ragoni  a substantial Italian property for sale in Le Marche region.
€ 320,000 ( in its present state )

This  estate consists of two and a half hectars of land, an ancient manorial residence, comprising a rural palace fallen into a state of disrepair and six partly surviving ancillary buildings of various nature (dwellings, storehouses and a chapel).
This place used to be a “borgo” (hamlet) and the centre of a much larger estate. It is set on a top position in a lovely hilly landscape, is surrounded by woods and agricultural lands and a scattered neighborhood of small peasant farmers.
The hamlet, made essentially of local sandstone, oak beams and handmade terracotta bricks and tiles, was owned until recently by a local countess.
Whilst the borgo is currently in a state of grave disrepair, it is interesting all the same for its substantial (but not forbidding!) size and commanding position in an unspoilt landscape of great beauty. The view here stretches not only as far as its vast rural neighborhood, but also to hilltop towns in the vicinity and the lovely Sibillini Mountains in the distance.
This Italian property nestles between the two medieval towns of Camporotondo di Fiastrone and San Ginesio and it currently comprises seven buildings of various sizes and nature and over six acres of land.
Among the buildings there is also a 16th Century little private chapel (Oratorio di S. Antonio), used mainly by the local community to attend mass on Sundays, baptize newborns and celebrate weddings. We have restored it and brought it back to its cosy Franciscan simplicity.


The Palazzo Ragoni, a remarkable 500 year old aristocratic farmhouse and Summer property in Italy

The main building of our hamlet is a rustic palace, built in thick sandstone blocks on three floors, with an overall surface of over 1000 sq meters.
It was originally erected at the beginning of the 16th C, then added to in the course of time by the Ragonis, the local landlords, a truly ancient aristocratic family, whose recorded history dates back to the time of William the Conqueror. This family have owned all the local lands since time immemorial. And vast properties indeed they were, reaching at least three local towns, and later, starting from the ‘80s of last Century, gradually sold in small plots to a number of local farmers.
In the course of the 20th C. this building (locally known as the “Palazzetto”) was still used by the counts Ragoni as a Summer residence, while parts of it became also home to a number of peasant families working locally for their landowners. It was restored one last time in 1954 by Count Francesco Ragoni, only to be soon abandoned by all who lived in it, following the agricultural crisis that hit the Italian rural world in the '50s and ‘60s.
It was Count Ragoni himself who decided to plaster over the old stone building, in line with the questionable trend of the time (the sliding historical photographs on this page will show you what Palazzo Ragoni used to look like at the beginning of the XX Century).
After being abandoned, however, the Palazzetto fell into a state of disrepair and then ruin, and now awaits some form of revival.


Our Plans to revive this historic Le Marche property

It is now our intention to bring Borgo Ragoni, this once stately Italian property, back to life. Given the fact that all the present buildings, except the little church, are too far gone for restoration, the idea is to make use of their volumes (equivalent to about 2000 sq mt in total) and materials to build anti-seismic edifices that will both give peace of mind to their new owners and suit modern purposes. There are two main possibilities:

A-The first one is to make use of the volumes of the existing borgo to build a number of lovely houses to be sold to private clients who wish to have a rural home in beautiful, unspoilt spots of Central Italy.

B- The other is to build some multiple building for the reception of paying guests (a guesthouse/hotel/restaurant, or a posh sheltered home for the elderly, or a residence with nice flats and swimming pool to be let to tourists, or similar structures), possibly with auxiliary constructions scattered in the property.
There could be one stately villa at the top of the property (possibly with one or more auxiliary building) and another three or four independent homes to suit different needs in different plots of the estate.
Each of them can have privacy, elegant comfort, anti-seismic safety, beautiful views, easy access and peace and tranquillity.
The buildings can have roomy, luminous interiors, but also reinforced concrete structures and beautiful sandstone covers (we have squared sandstones and other building materials in plenty on the estate). Or, said differently, they can resemble the traditional Le Marche rural architecture and perfectly fit in their lovely surroundings, but inside they can have all the comfort, technology and safety a demanding owner may wish to have.

Borgo Ragoni certainly shows a very good potential both for investors in estate properties and for aspiring house-owners. We are interested in dealing with both categories of customers: the former will be able to invest and then do the development they have in mind, while for the latter we are in a position to build the house they want in a lovely place.


  • Two possible layouts of the new Borgo Ragoni:



We can actually realize your dreams
  
Yes, we can. But to be down to Earth we will simply tell you that we have the means, the know how and the personnel to realize any plans you might have, within the two hypotesis above described. And it is irrelevant whether they are already down on paper or exist only in your mind: we have the experience, the machinery, but above all reliable men both in our technical offices and on the building sites to turn dreams into reality.
Please contact us, talk to us about your projects, or simply about your desires, and we will be happy to work out solutions for you at good prices.
Please now have a look at some villas we have realized locally, and also at some rustic-elegant buildings of Central Italy tradition.

- Villas we have realized locally
- A few images of traditional Italian rustic buildings


Borgo Ragoni - communication links and position of this Italian property

In spite of the unspoilt, beautiful setting this area is very well connected with the outside world. A free motorway (SS77) is only ten minutes away, so the Adriatic Sea can be reached in 40 minutes and Ancona and Perugia International Airports are less than one hour away.
Lovely Umbria cities like Spoleto, Assisi, Gubbio are all reachable in about one hour drive too. Rome itself and Florence are both 2 and an half hours away. The small town of Camporotondo di Fiastrone, in whose territory the Borgo Ragoni is located, is 5 minutes drive (this town and a few others are described on our local towns page). The university town of Camerino and lovely Macerata, administrative center of Le Marche Region, are both half an hour away.
In Macerata and nearby Tolentino not only are there theatres, museums, good shopping and restaurants, in the former there is an Opera House as well.
Then there is a score of very attractive medieval centres within a radius of 20 miles of the Borgo Ragoni: towns like San Ginesio, Sarnano, Gualdo, Penna San Giovanni, Monte San Martino and many more, all make the joy of visitors with their ancient stones, works of art, panoramic locations and the charm and warmth of their people. Nearest to our borgo, at about one km as the crow flies, is the ancient, quaint town of Camporotondo di Fiastrone, in whose territory our property is located.

- Images of the town of Camporotondo di Fiastrone


The price of this property in its present state (inclusive of all plans and studies about it) is € 320,000.
For individual plots of land on this location and/or constructions according to your plans the price will have to be discussed.
Historical images of Borgo Ragoni
Video with bird's eye view of Borgo Ragoni

Borgo Ragoni in short

  • Borgo Ragoni, Italian investment property to build private homes or an hotel/guesthouse or similar.
  • Site at a pleasant altitude of about 500 meter above sea level.
  • A five Centuries old hamlet with six buildings in a state of disrepair.
  • A restored, delightful, little stone, XVI C. church is part of it.
  • Two and a half hectares of land.
  • Formerly owned by the ancient, aristocratic Ragoni Family.
  • With a potential of about 2000 sq mt of buildings.
  • Set in a fantastic hilly, rural landscape and mountain views.
  • Good, easy access to the vast motorway Italian network, the Adriatic Sea and all Central Italy cities.
  • There is also a score of very attractive medieval towns within a radius of twenty miles of the Borgo Ragoni.
  • We will build your private home exactly the way you want.
  • The price of the Borgo in its present derelict state, but with all its terrific potential, is _320.000, while the price of single plots of land and/or of single buildings will have to be negotiated, but it will be competitive.

Back to content