AVAILABLE: ITALIAN RED ROADSIDE HOUSES

Anyone driving along secondary roads in Italy will be familiar with the red coloured houses set at intervals along the way. These are the Case Cantoniere which once served as residences for the roads-men and their families, called after the “Cantonieri”, or the workmen responsible for the maintenance of a certain tract of road. Built in the early 20th century, these houses were set near the roadside and all were characteristically painted a bright Pompeiian red to make them readily visible.

The houses are state property, under the control of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, and most have been abandoned for many years now since the traditional role of roads-men no longer exists. There are a total 1,244 of these houses distributed all over Italy, including the island of Sardinia.

Finally, however, ANAS (Azienda Nazionale Autonoma delle Strade dei gruppo FS Italiane – the Autonomous National Road Company – now part of the State railways group) has decided to put some of them on the market with a twenty year lease formula at attractive rates.

The first batch of a hundred of these houses is already available, but the properties come with certain conditions. The outside must not be altered nor the distinctive ANAS sign removed. They must also be redecorated in the traditional Pompeiian red, codified by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage as RAL3001. New concession preferences go to non profit associations but the houses could also be converted into sales points for local products, centres for cultural activities, bars, b&b and country restaurants.

Applications to purchase a Casa Cantoniere must be submitted by mid-day on the 15th June 2021 through the ANAS portal.

Info: www.stradeanas.it/casecantoniere

 

Posted on 30 Apr 2021 by Editor
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