A Different Type of Estate ; Cathy Hawker Meets a New Generation of International Owners Who Are Turning Tuscany's Crumbling Country Estates Into Dream Holiday Homes

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LIKE much of Italy, Tuscany and Umbria have a rich supply of country estates where, for centuries, noble families farmed, raised families and lived lavishly among their stone villas.

But as more young Italians migrate to the cities many families give up the struggle to run their estates with their huge overheads and retreat to city palazzos, selling their country residence or leaving them to crumble.

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A Different Type of Estate ; Cathy Hawker Meets a New Generation of International Owners Who Are Turning Tuscany's Crumbling Country Estates Into Dream Holiday Homes

Thank goodness then for a new generation of owners who have the time, vision and money to transform these beautiful ruins. Owners such as Count Antonio Bolza from Hungary who bought 3,000-acre Castello...

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