Spain’s Medieval Find: A Pego Santuario Where One “Can Live Without Problems”

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After buying the home, Vila promptly gave it a €400,000 renovation, including revamping floors, ceilings, walls and adding new windows, along with electrical, heating and cooling systems. Vila has filled his home with 500 works of art, including renowned Spanish and French painters. The roof terrace, with views of the medieval town and anchored by the home's own 13th century towers, provides additional entertainment options-along with the home's wine cellar. With the home's abundance of spacious rooms and bedrooms, Vila has drawn up renovation plans a future owner could use to convert the property into an eight-bedroom, boutique hotel. Inmobiliaria Rimontgo Pego originally had 16 medieval towers; the home's pair are the only that have remained intact. In winter, Vila lights fireplaces on the first floor, or he reads in the bibliotheca on the top floor where "You have direct sun in winter, which is very nice." He listens to music in a salon he created in one of the towers and, given the home's excellent acoustics, music he plays on the first floor can be heard clearly throughout the house "Even though I don't have top speakers," he says. Inmobiliaria Rimontgo is an exclusive member of Forbes Global Properties, a consumer marketplace and membership network of elite brokerages selling the world's most luxurious homes.