Former roadman's house located in the Mengara hamlet of the Municipality of Gubbio, in the province of Perugia, divided into two real estate units intended for housing with a small plot of appurtenant land. The building dates back to the 1950s of the last century and presents the typological characteristics of the two-family roadman's house, with external annexes, located in the large courtyard that is found in the rear part of the property. The building will be redeveloped through a multi-year State leasing licence, without being sold.
This is a typical example of a roadman’s house, built around the 1950s as a residence for the “roadmen” who, for service reasons, needed to stay at their workplace.
The property consists of the main building (former roadman’s house), two buildings on one level, originally intended to shelter farmyard animals, two garages and a large external courtyard kept as a lawn. The former roadman’s house has a rectangular layout, is divided into two floors above ground and an attic and is divided into two residential units (one per floor). The main building presents a load-bearing structure in masonry, brick-cement floors and a roof with “Varese”-type beams. Each of the residential units has an independent entrance.
The redevelopment of the property includes a destination of use compliant with urban planning tools, which aims to strengthen the integration between the tourism sectors and the protection of the environmental and socio-economic context of reference, promoting an increase in the provision of local public services, activities related to slow tourism and cycle touring, offering support services to hikers, pilgrims or cyclists for the use of the hikes and itineraries.
The property is located in the municipality of Gubbio, in the province of Perugia, in the hamlet of Mengara, in a predominantly mountainous context, on the regional road SR-298 (“Eugubina”), an important axis that connects the medieval village with the city of Perugia. The municipality is located in the north-eastern area of Umbria, on the border with the Marche region, in an area bordered to the east by the Apennines chain and to the west by the Tiber valley, rich in natural beauty and art treasures, where history, culture and landscape coexist in a harmonious symbiosis. The “Gualdo Tadino” train station, on the regional Rome-Ancona line, is approximately 32 km from the property (30 minutes by car). The city of Perugia is located 30 km from the area (30-40 minutes by car) and can be reached by taking the regional road SR-298. The stop for the extra-urban bus service (E001) operated by Trenitalia, on the Gubbio-Perugia line, can also be found nearby the property.