The Villa lies on a rocky spur over the beautiful so-called "Castello" (THE CASTLE), in a unique and exclusive position. The "Castle" is a residential complex, several storeys high, connected between them by interior steps cut in the walls, with cavities permitting the climbing. The building overlooks the well-known Cava d'Ispica, a long rocky valley (for about 13 Km) with many archaeological treasures and the important species of Mediterranean flora and fauna (it's an SCI area: SITE OF COMMUNITY IMPORTANCE). Little distant from the Villa is the prehistoric Necropolis of Calicantone, dated from the Antique Bronze Age (2200 – 1400 b.C.) that includes almost a hundred of graves dug in the wall rock, some of them placed even inside overhanging rocks; most of the graves’ front drops are decorated with columns, pillars and ledges. You can reach the Necropolis, the Castle and the bottom of the Valley by the stairs close to the house (just 5 metres).
