Lecce – Luxury Villa with Pool on the Ancient Rudiae Axis

Description

On the outskirts of Lecce, just seven hundred metres from the Archaeological Park of Rudiae — the ancient Messapian city that gave birth to Quintus Ennius and preserves one of the most intact Roman amphitheatres in Southern Italy — a contemporary villa redefines the concept of luxury living within the Salento landscape.
Immersed in the countryside, protected by dry-stone walls in Lecce stone and surrounded by olive trees, palms and lemon groves, the property reveals itself as a complete and perfectly balanced residential system: a main villa and two dependances arranged in perfect symmetry along the axis of a fourteen-and-a-half-metre swimming pool, creating a formal harmony that evokes the great Mediterranean country residences.

Inside, the villa is defined by its most distinctive signature: fully customised furnishings in the main area, white wooden beams with integrated linear LED strips, natural oak parquet flooring, and full-height sliding glass doors that dissolve the boundary between the home and the garden.
The living area — with dining space, Dekton island kitchen and a suspended bookcase acting as the only divider — unfolds as a single fluid and luminous scene. The billiard room with fireplace and coffered ceiling, the three bathrooms each with a distinct personality — black marble with gold veining, beige onyx, dark arabesque marble and gold — the master bedroom with illuminated walk-in wardrobe, en-suite bathroom and three-metre-high doors: every space reveals a level of attention to detail rarely found outside the world of high-end hospitality.

The villa is arranged on a single level of 350 sqm, flanked by the two dependances, for a total of approximately 23 rooms. Completing the property is an exceptionally rare range of features within the Lecce countryside: a 14.5 × 6 m swimming pool, four registered gazebos, a covered carport, a 6 kW photovoltaic system with solar thermal panels and batteries, an 11 kW electric vehicle charger, a private well with water softening and filtration system serving every area, automatic irrigation, twilight garden lighting, and a video surveillance and alarm system.

The two dependances mirror the architectural language of the villa with both autonomy and coherence: each features an independent entrance, a living area with fully equipped kitchenette, a bedroom and a private bathroom — complete, self-contained units designed for guests or for the profitable management of the spaces.

A property of this calibre comes to market only on very rare occasions.
For those who wish to live immersed in the landscape without compromising on anything — or for those who recognise excellence as the finest investment — the villa is already active within the luxury short-rental market, offering tangible profitability and an established positioning in the premium segment.