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Unique fairytale house in Puglia

By 1 Kind Design // Interior Design, Travel // 3 Comments

The New York Times voted Puglia as southern Italy’s most up-and-coming destinations and rightly so. Villa Santoro is located in the Valle dâ€™Itria region, of Puglia with its rolling hills, meadows and ancient olive groves. Rebuilt by a Milanese and Austrian architect/designer duo, Bricchi-Marksteiner, this is a small masseria (farmhouse) that encompasses two trulli, witch-hat shaped buildings that look like something out of a fairytale. The combined trulli and masseria style typical and unique to the area have been retained along with internal original stonework and vaulted ceilings. The buildings are a wonderful combination of simple curves and straight lines, permeated by pale, tranquil minimalism. Big French windows allow light and air to flood through the space â€“ even in summer, thereâ€™s usually a breeze.

Traditional and contemporary, glamorous and rustic, the gorgeous villaâ€™s interior spaces are open and airy and have been sympathetically restored to give a clean minimal space with all the possible modern appliances and furnishings. The villa has the beautiful local Fasano limestone flooring throughout. The house is perched on a hillside with stunning views over valleys towards the hilltop towns of Cisternino and Locorotondo. The villa sits in its own 2-acre grounds dotted with olive and almond trees, lavender and shrubs as well as numerous fruit trees including apricot, fig, pear and pomegranate. The large natural lake-style swimming pool is situated just below the outside seating and kitchen area.

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Tags: architecture, contemporary, farmhouse, glamorous, Italy, minimalist, rustic, stone, swimming pool, traditonal, villa

3 Comments to “Unique fairytale house in Puglia”

fabio November 27, 2010 at 3:38 am

It’s wonderful! Do you have the link of the NYT where it is said that Puglia as southern Italyâ€™s most up-and-coming destinations? I’d like to read it.

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- 1 Kind Design November 27, 2010 at 3:33 pm
  
  Fabio, I actually got the information that you are looking for from Lonely Planet who wrote a book on both Puglia and Basilicata. Here is the link, I hope it is useful for you. http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/italy/puglia-and-basilicata-travel-guide-1
  
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fabio December 1, 2010 at 3:55 am

Thank you, I have red it in italian language I run a Puglia blog in italian, thinking that I am going to start the same blog in english too so I am looking for information in english to understand the idea of Puglia abroad. Thank you very much for your reply.

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