Set in the Pisan hills near Fauglia, the restored villa dates to the early 20th century and is built in the Liberty style, the Italian take on Art Nouveau.

The 5-bedroom farmhouse was built around a 13th-century watchtower, with views across the rolling Tuscan hills, around 30 minutes from Siena and under an hour from Florence.

Portrait artist to European royalty and leading cultural figures, Michele Gordigiani reshaped Striano with architect Luigi Del Moro as a house for painting, music and entertaining. Its extraordinary limonaia draws on the same Florentine garden tradition as the famous grotto at the Boboli Gardens.

Commissioned by Francesco Burlamacchi, who was executed for plotting to unite Tuscany’s independent republics against Medici rule, the villa later became home to antifascist jurist Paolo Rossi, who helped draft the constitution of modern Italy.

Minutes from the historic centre of Cortona, a cypress-lined drive leads not to the intimate farmhouse fantasy popularised by Under the Tuscan Sun, but to a vast aristocratic residence shaped by one prominent family over several centuries.

Set in the hills of Valdarno, the estate’s historic buildings are linked by underground passages, internal hallways, courtyards, and gardens, and are surrounded by olive groves, Chianti DOCG vineyards, and an established agriturismo.

This country house is not just a home, it's a piece of Tuscany's rich history and a true gem in the Montalcino countryside.

Overlooking the town of Pietrasanta and just 10km to the sea, the Italian villa for sale offers striking views over the Tuscan coastline to the south and the Ligurian coastline to the north.

Originally a monastery dating back to 1587, the Italian property is currently run as a boutique hotel in the Tuscan countryside, located near the ‘City of Towers’.

Overlooking the Tuscan town of Pietrasanta, the luxury villa offers striking views over the Tuscan coastline to the south and the Ligurian coastline to the north.