Cetona, Tuscany 53040

Cetona (Si) - Cod. Ancient vaultsA beautiful space/ craft workshop located in the main square of Cetona in a historic building dating back to 1500, consisting of 6 rooms on the ground floor and two adjoining basement rooms, for a total area of sqm. 253 , home for decades of a famous ceramic workshop.The first room with a large entrance on the main square, has an industrial terracotta floor and small ceiling in brick vaults. A large round arch in brick separates it from the second room, with a ceiling with wooden beams and terracotta tiles. From here begins the old handmade terracotta floor. A large window looks out onto an interior courtyard. On the right there is a third room used as storage, with a bathroom that has a window to the inner courtyard. Three steps down to the fourth room always divided by a brick arch with ceiling with wooden beams and plates, home of the oven for cooking ceramics. A staircase leads to the internal courtyard where the window of the bathroom and the two rooms described above and the entrances of the funds of the other condominiums overlook.Some steps go down to the oldest part of the building, with ceilings with large vaults of handmade bricks. This room is very large, and houses a small cellar. From here we pass to the semi-underground area where there are vaulted ceilings in tufa, brick arches , niches carved into the walls and an ancient part of the ceiling that shows the wooden beams , witnesses of a distant past.The property is in very good condition and is habitable either as laboatorio or convertible into a restaurant..CETONA listed among the 20 most beautiful villages in Italy, has all the characteristics you expect from Tuscany.... Beautiful landscapes, green hills, olive groves, vineyards and lush forests. museums, prehistoric and Etruscan settlements, possibility of walks both on foot and by mountain bike. Excellent restaurants, shops, local products such as wine, cheese, meats and excellent meat, all in an atmosphere of tranquility and well-being. In the charming old town of Cetona, a medieval village, with unique panoramic views, where the kindness of the people harmonizes with that of the surrounding countryside and with the charming charm of the ancient alleys where you can only access on foot. A village where the great Renaissance square is full of shops, restaurants and bars where guests are happy to linger while enjoying breakfast in the morning or sipping a drink. The beautiful Renaissance square, is transformed into a meeting point and aggregation with the weekly market and the craft and gastronomic markets and with the numerous folkloric and cultural events both in summer and throughout the year.Cetona is a village that is just a few kilometers from the A1 motorway, and from the train station where it is easy to get in just over an hour Rome, Florence and Perugia (International airports) while with a short drive you can reach famous places like Montepulciano, Pienza, Montalcino, Siena, Arezzo, Perugia (international airport) and Orvieto.