The word Castello(castle) refers to the fortified image that still distinguishes the complex, built on a spur of rock in a strategic position overlooking the Tiber Valley, in an area that was for a long period of time the scene of bitter conflict between the Perugini and Fortebraccio’s militia, and between the powerful Oddi and Baglioni families; but the interesting aspect of this architecture lies in its refined Baroque “imitation” of a fortress that marked its transformation when the property was acquired by the Antinori Marquises who turned it into a villa. The composite arrangement of the property’s open spaces, squares, and gardens dates to the second half of the 18th century. The expansive, sunny and panoramic, square-shaped elevated cobblestone and brick floor courtyard is the heart of the elegant 18th-century composition. A double flight of stairs leads to the walled garden below with a multi-lobed fountain at the centre. At the back of the property, a shady holm oak garden with its varied and visually effective colour play appears as a large green hemicycle lined by two annular pathways lined with pine trees. In the villa-castle is also home to a beautiful “Italian-style” formal garden with sinuous boxwood garden beds that was created in the 19th century inside the ramparts, by the walls, along a “oblique” axis compared the villa. The long main avenue leading to the villa lined with maritime pines is regarded as one of the most beautiful in Umbria.