Sicilia Vendesi magnifico Castello Aragonese Ragusa con affreschi battistero carceri e giardino

€ 1.600.000

Rif. SICILY4038-1

In Sicily, Luxury in Sicily and Immobiliare Casa Real Estate sell the Aragonese Castle of Comiso

The Castle is already mentioned by some documents of the thirteenth - fourteenth century. so already before the end of the fourteenth century Comiso was surrounded by solid walls around the perimeter, and had towers and castle with a moat in front. Around 1392 the ownership of the castle passed from Federico Speciaro to the Counts Cabrera, while in 1453 it was sold to Periconio Naselli, baron della Mastra, whose descendant Gaspare Naselli in 1571 was named Count of Comiso by Filippo I of Sicily. Since then for many centuries the castle became the permanent home of the Naselli family, until in 1693 an earthquake brought down most of the castle except the tower. The work to restore it continued until the beginning of the eighteenth century, but the transformation to a stately palace took place when he arrived on a visit, staying for some time with all the followers, the viceroy Cristoforo Fernandez de Cordova. At the time of the Bourbons, the castle remained abandoned, until in 1841, a part of it was transformed into a theater, later passed to the City, and the lower part was used as a prison.

On the east side of the castle we find the oldest part: a baptistery dedicated to Saint Gregory the Great, with the remains of frescoes from the Byzantine period and dating back to around the year one thousand; of octagonal shape, the baptistery, at the top becomes cylindrical and is completed with an elegant dome. The northern part of the castle is characterized by an elegant Serlian trifora, better known as Loggetta, which recalls the sixteenth-century style and has frescoed walls with landscapes and flights of birds; this loggia was added to the castle in 1728, designed by the Genoese Michelangelo Canepa. There are two other portals, one of which is closed by a massive iron door with large ashlars dating back to 1400; a beautiful fountain inserted in the wall and dating back to the sixteenth century attributed to Gagini or his school; a fountain barrel of about 1600, richly carved local stone, preserved in the inner courtyard.

The Castle is located in the center of Comiso, majestic, almost as if it guarded the city from above just 15 minutes from the beautiful historic center of Ragusa Ibla, a few steps from the baroque city of Scicli and not far from the city of Modica.

The castle covers an area of about 1300 square meters divided on several levels. On the first floor we find the luxurious noble floor of about 600 square meters consisting of living rooms and bedrooms with bathrooms and a kitchen area created by the current owners, frames the whole a wonderful "loggia" from which you can see the whole village. Above the royal floor there is the Tower which constitutes an important portion of the building still to be restored. On the ground floor there is an office and living area in the past were the stables. From an external entrance to a large room about 200 square meters with barrel vaults, currently used as a restaurant, but at the time had to be a shelter for horses and carriages. In the underground we find the prisons of the castle, still today open and with finds from 400.The last external restoration was carried out five years ago for the adjustment -seismic .

Outside we find a beautiful garden of 400 square meters that leads us to the oldest part of the Castle, the Church of the Arab Norman era.

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