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Appia Antica - We are pleased to offer for sale the extraordinary residence that was owned by the famous film producer Carlo Ponti, and Roman dwelling of Hollywood actors like Kirk and Michael Douglas, Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier, during the filming of some colossal Americans.The property, perfectly integrated within the Archaeological Park of the Appia Antica, about 300 metres from the tomb of Cecilia Metella and just 10 minutes from the Colosseum, is on two distinct bodies.Dwellings living in continuous dialogue with the nature that surrounds them, enhanced by a beautiful park with swimming pool, garage and service apartments. The main house and a part of the Park is based on an old basalt quarry, used in Roman times to obtain the material to road paving, this Quarry has created an impressive vertical drop that contains a small valley, with the lower portion of the garden, more than an acre, which has the entrance in via dei Majumdar.The main villa is spread over approximately 680 sqm on two levels arranged harmoniously inserted in the landscape with an ancient flavour thanks to the articulated volumes that follow the trend of the soil.At the garden level there is an entrance consisting of Roman concrete once and a very suggestive mosaic floor made with ancient Roman original tiles on floral design classic.From another entrance to the oval room you pass in the main lounge, consisting of three rooms of different sizes, ending in an ancient Roman vaulted room of Tuff with mosaic floors, always with genuine cards, representing the head of Medusa.From this room, communicating with the kitchen, a staircase that walks in an ancient form of Roman concrete and leads to the first floor balconies, paved with black and white mosaics. Through the main staircase or a convenient elevator you get upstairs where there is a library and bedroom of the House consists of 4 bedrooms, three bathrooms and a vestiere area.The master bedroom has direct access to the terrace overlooking the garden.Concludes the first floor a beautiful winter garden 1950s completely glazed.In the wall of the villa are two pedestrian entrances and two large driveways entrances.-The Park-in the upper garden there is a swimming pool with heated water where you can swim even in winter.Between home and Park there are more than one hundred marble and brick remains of ancient Rome today is no longer available on the market.-The second building-The meadow lane linking the various levels of the park looks like an ancient Roman road formed by a double row of original stone paving and front door to the second building.This spacious loft has a kitchen with a large professional cooktop, two fireplaces and a huge Hall suitable for receptions that grows outside in three pergolas.Another part of this building is still being developed and could become a residential portion with indoor pool.Ciampino airport is 10 minutes away and the great lawn can easily land a helicopter.It is a simply unique property resting on rocks of ancient Rome.