In a hilly position, a short distance from Colares, not far from the Atlantic coast of Portugal, beautiful modern villa with garden, swimming pool and dependance.
Located in a high-level residential area, a short distance from all the necessary services (supermarkets, banks, gyms and offices), this villa grants a quick access to several towns of Portugal: Colares (7km; 10’), Sintra (15km; 25’), Cascais (15km; 25’), Lisbona (40km; 45’), Almada (44km; 40’), Torres Vedras (82km; 1h 5’) and Fatima (166km; 1h 45’).
The most useful airports to reach the property are Lisbona Portela (43km; 40’), Faro (309km; 3h) and Porto (352km; 3h 20’).
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGS
The villa (400 sqm – 4,304 sqft) is laid out onto a single floors made up of an entrance hall, a living room with fireplace and high ceiling, a fully equipped kitchen, 2 suite with bathroom (one with walk-in closet) and 2 bedrooms with shared bathroom. All the rooms have direct access to the garden and the outside area.
A small dependance hosts a studio-apartment usable as guest house or residence for the service staff.
The property is completed by a garage capable of hosting one normal-size car or two smaller ones.
STATE AND FINISHES
The villa, built in 2011, is modern in style, extremely regular on the outside and characterized by a mix of stone and plastered walls. On the inside, the building boasts luxury finishes, parquet floors, ample windows making the rooms bright, double-height ceiling in the living room and a led spotlights system, not intrusive but extremely bright.
EXTERNAL AREA
The property is surrounded by a 2,736 sqm garden where is also located the beautiful 8 x 5 m swimming pool with wooden solarium. From the garden one can admire the Atlantic Ocean on the horizon.
The word Villa refers to an architectural typology whose meaning has evolved over the centuries. In the Roman Age, the villa was a house built for the upper classes. In the Post Roman Age, villa referred to a sort of village, similar to a fortified and self-sufficient farm whose inhabitants were called "villani" or "villici". It is with the architect and philosopher Leon Battista Alberti and his masterpieces Villa and De re edificatoria that the Villa starts to be considered as a place of pleasure and leisure. In the Renaissance villas, the first example of which is considered Villa Medici in Fiesole, the typically military and defensive features of rustic medieval castles are, for the first time, abandoned. This new conception of villa starts, therefore in Tuscany and, then, spreads to other courts of Italy and Europe. The Palladian villas, built in the sixteenth century in the area of Vicenza and along the Riviera del Brenta, represent examples that remained very influential for over four centuries.
It is very interesting to note how the term "villa" is commonly used in the English language. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, in fact, even in England this new architectural style became fashion and the word "villa" was so officially adopted also by the into English language. In the nineteenth century people began to talk about Villas simply referring to isolated buildings in the countryside, to emphasize the contrast with the houses joined together. This is a brief history of the architectural style protagonist of this portal, the Villa, whether we are talking about a farmhouse converted into a prestigious dwelling, a modern villa, a castle, a Medicean villa or a villa abroad.