Palazzo passion - It’s more like selling a Picasso than real estate.”

A beautifully restored 17th-century palace that gives you more for your millions, The estate of Tenaglie, south of Orvieto, on which the house stands, has a dramatic history involving feuding families, money, murder, popes and football, thus according exactly with British expectations of Italy. According to research by David Giachini, the son of the present owner, Tenaglie was owned originally by the Baschi family, who had for centuries ruled the area from nearby Carnano Castle. After a gruesome massacre of a rival family branch in 1553, the Baschi estates were confiscated by the Pope, who invited the local population to tear down Carnano Castle. The ruins are still visible from Palazzo Ancajani today.