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\"Monastery<\/a><\/p>\n

Feeling pious? Now\u2019s your chance to own a piece of Italian architecture with a religious past. Convento Il Chiostro, a monastery in central Italy, is now enjoying\u00a0a second life as a sprawling vacation home in the Tuscan countryside.<\/p>\n

Retired publisher and aspiring architect Nicola Gandini and his wife Giovanna bought the dilapidated complex 26 years ago and spent a handful of years transforming the 17th century structure into a picturesque home away from home.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was fascinated by the building\u2019s originality, location, and adaptability,\u201d Mr. Gandini says.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Times<\/a>, the distinctive building has an area of 24,750 square feet and sits on 23 acres of land, which include a vegetable garden, woods, and a meadow. Walking in, guests are treated to the home\u2019s living room, which formerly served as the monastery\u2019s formal entrance hall. The nine-meter-high ceiling gives the room a particular sense of grandeur.<\/p>\n

Touches like the warm terracotta floors and the Italian frescoes that adorn the walls are all original from the Monastery; so are the massive fireplaces present in every room of the home.<\/p>\n

From the living room, a side entrance leads to a three-sided cloister that encloses an open courtyard with a small hedge maze and fountain. The master bedroom and billiards room enjoy views of the courtyard.<\/p>\n

Back inside, wooden doors open to a terrace and lawn that boast sweeping views of Tuscany, including the small town of Sesto Fiorentino.<\/p>\n

In March, the house went to auction for 6.5 million euros, or $5.8 million, but did not sell. The house will go up for auction once again in the fall, and will be priced at 4.9 million euros.<\/p>\n

A major selling point of the property is its surprising versatility. \u201cIt can easily be divided into four apartments,\u201d\u00a0says Jeremy Onslow-Macaulay, managing director of Casa & Country, a real estate agency based in Tuscany and with offices in London.<\/p>\n

Convento Il Chiostro boasts both the tranquility of the countryside, while providing convenient access to the big city. Florence and the city\u2019s airport are both around a half an hour\u2019s drive away.<\/p>\n

Image Courtesy of Casa & Country Italian Property<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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