Description
Urbino — Where the Renaissance still lives. And with it, a house that preserves its soul.
There is a city, on top of a hill in the Marche, where the air is thinner and time slower. Where the walls speak, the streets tell, and beauty is not an exception but the rule.
That city is Urbino.
World Heritage, cradle of the Renaissance, laboratory of ideas and culture for centuries.
A city that gave birth to Raphael, that has hosted dukes, thinkers, artists, and that is still alive today — cultured, reserved, poetic.
And among its hills, far from the noise but very close to the essence, there is a house.
A house that doesn't just exist, but that protects.
Here you do not buy luxury, but memory. Not design, but intention.
It is a place for those who can recognize beauty in a whisper, for those who prefer ancient beams to shiny surfaces, for those who can read history in an irregular tile or in a door with its original handles.
Built over four centuries ago, Ca' il Governatore is one of the oldest homes in the Giardino della Galla - Pallino area, just 10 minutes from Urbino.
Purchased in 1973 by a Florentine couple, it was saved from abandonment and cared for with rare dedication, without ever distorting its nature.
Today the house is divided into several rooms, different in character and function, some of which are already organized as small independent apartments, perfect for a widespread hospitality business or BB. Spaces that offer privacy, comfort and the possibility of living the experience of the house with your own rhythms, immersed in the quiet of the Marche hills.
Here everything speaks. Everything resists.
There is a dining room that overlooks the greenery, with windows that frame the countryside like a painting.
The main living room is dominated by a large stone fireplace and a cast iron stove, which make every winter more intimate. Above, the bedrooms. Large, serene, they open their windows onto hills that change color with the seasons. A glass veranda welcomes the morning light and afternoon readings, protected by the time that is not in a hurry here. And hidden underground, almost secretly, a cave dug into the tuff preserves the memory of the house: cool in summer, always silent, a small natural cathedral.
All around, four hectares of land stretch among olive trees, fruit trees, vegetable gardens, woods. A discreet swimming pool overlooks the landscape as if it had always been there, among the soft curves of the Marche. There is space to breathe, to walk, to cultivate, to listen.
A land that can be cultivated, walked on, contemplated.
A life to be lived in the open air, but with very deep roots.
Anyone who knows Urbino knows: it is not just any city. It is a gentle fortress perched on the crest of the Marche, where art and thought met centuries ago and have never left. It is the city where Raphael was born, where Duke Federico da Montefeltro built the most harmonious palace of
