Italy Cinema Giant, Franco Cristaldi's Tuscany Villa up for Sale
Italy Cinema Giant, Franco Cristaldi’s Tuscany Villa Up For Sale (EXCLUSIVE) SELLER: Cristaldi Family REAL ESTATE AGENCY: Columbus International at Keller Williams NYC LOCATION: Between Volterra and San Gimignano (Italy) PRICE: Euros 5,900,000 (USD 6,900,000) SIZE: 30,903 Square Feet, 22+ bedrooms GALLERY: 9 Images attached NOTES: Franco Cristaldi, a three-time Oscar winner, awarded for Best Foreign Film with Federico Fellini's Amarcord and Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso, became the owner of Villa di Ulignano in 1967, purchasing it from the State at a public auction after decades of abandon. Now, more than 25 years later after his death, this cinematic hamlet of houses, distributed on approximately 4 acres of land, has popped up for sale with an asking price of $6,960,000 million. Perched atop the hill of Ulignano, the property is an outstanding 17th century villa surrounded by a magnificent garden with centuries-old trees. The manor home is part of a 17-acre property between Volterra, the closest town, and San Gimignano, at the heart of the triangle composed of Siena, Florence and Pisa. The spirit of the place enchanted one of Italy's greatest artists of the 20th century. While traveling through these hills on a quest to find locations for his latest movie, Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, Luchino Visconti, best known for his films Ossessione, Senso, Rocco and His Brothers, The Leopard and Death in Venice, came across the Villa di Ulignano and fell in love with it. One of the founding fathers of the Italian Neorealist movement, Visconti chose Villa di Ulignano for his movie Sandra, with Claudia Cardinale and Jean Sorel, all shot in Volterra, winner of the Golden Lion at the 30th International Film Festival of Venice.
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