VILLA WITH GARDEN AND GARAGE FOR SALE, ESTORIL, CASCAIS, PORTUGAL
This nice villa with garden is located in the freguesiaEstoril, no far from the A5 highway allowing quickly reaching several towns of Portugal: Cascais (5km; 10’), Sintra (13km; 15’), Lisbon (24 km; 25’), Torres Vedras (63km; 45’), Santarém (102km; 1h), Fátima (150km; 1h 25’) and Porto (336km; 3h).
The closest airports are Lisbon (28km; 25’) and Faro (295km; 2h 40’).
Built in the 1950s, the villa has been recently renovated (2005). The building is laid out onto three floors:
- Basement: hall (17 sqm), living room (33 sqm), guests suite (16 sqm), bathroom and wing for the staff with bedrooms, bathroom, laundry and storage room.
- Ground floor: entrance on a hall, living room with dining area (63 sqm), service bathroom and fully equipped kitchen (21 sqm).
- First floor: entrance hall (13 sqm), suite with ample studio (40 sqm), walk-in closet, bathroom and two more suites (21 sqm and 17 sqm) with walk-in closet and en-suite bathroom.
The villa is fitted with an ample and well-maintained garden with timber trees and an area where one could easily build a swimming pool. Finally, there is a garage with room for two cars.
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.