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Our History
Villa Giò is an historical construction that dates back to the mid-800s. During the Bourbon period, it was used as a laundry room and then it became a rural house, part of an agricultural fund. The artist Giovanni Maltese was one of the first owners of the house. He used to take advantage of the lush forest surrounding the house to cultivate his passion for hunting and painting. In 1906 the house was ceded to a local merchant, Giovanni Matarese, who utilized it as a summer house, until the beginning of the second World War.
In that period, Villa Giò became a military post, thanks to its strategic position on the westernmost point of the island. Some documents that are stored in the historical archive of Florence testify the story of Villa Giò. After the war, the villa lived a period of decadence and became an uninhabited ruin. The latter one had a moment of fame when it was used as the film set of the movie “Paradiso all’improvviso” of Pieraccioni as the house of the witch.
Its current owner, named Giovanni as the latter ones, has reclaimed the area and restructured the old ruin by building a cozy house. Villa Giò has a symbiotic relationship with nature and it can be defined as a sustainable house. Indeed, it has been built using local stones coming from the old ruins and the major part of the furniture has been recycled and reused. An example are the tiles on the roof, which come from an old tuscan bell tower.
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