Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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The 8,000-square-foot main property was designed by architect Ed Eubanks.
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The 8,000-square-foot main property was designed by architect Ed Eubanks.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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The home is designed for entertaining large groups and gatherings, with plentiful indoor and outdoor living space.
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The home is designed for entertaining large groups and gatherings, with plentiful indoor and outdoor living space.
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In the living room is a 15th-century hand-carved stone fireplace and a Baby Jesus rondel of glazed terracotta c. 1800.
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In the living room is a 15th-century hand-carved stone fireplace and a Baby Jesus rondel of glazed terracotta c. 1800.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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A 500-year-old French door opens into the state-of-the-art kitchen, with an oversized solid wood four-inch butcher block island, a colossal wrought iron custom-made overhead pan display, a circa-1805 stone gas oven and a soapstone drop-in farmhouse sink.
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A 500-year-old French door opens into the state-of-the-art kitchen, with an oversized solid wood four-inch butcher block island, a colossal wrought iron custom-made overhead pan display, a circa-1805 stone gas oven and a soapstone drop-in farmhouse sink.
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The oversized pantry has a glass door accessing an herb garden, designed for growing organic produce.
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The oversized pantry has a glass door accessing an herb garden, designed for growing organic produce.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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Through an antique door and stone frame sits Villa Antichità ’s underground, climate-controlled wine cellar.
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Through an antique door and stone frame sits Villa Antichità ’s underground, climate-controlled wine cellar.
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Through an antique door and stone frame sits Villa Antichità ’s underground, climate-controlled wine cellar.
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Through an antique door and stone frame sits Villa Antichità ’s underground, climate-controlled wine cellar.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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A traditional Italian bocce court is adjacent to a plain field that could be used for additional sports or hosting large events.
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A traditional Italian bocce court is adjacent to a plain field that could be used for additional sports or hosting large events.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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Villa Antichità sits on 323 acres in Driftwood, Texas.
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The villa includes over 60 furnishings and architectural fragments from France and Italy, some of them centuries old.
Damien and Trina Mandola’s sprawling estate is a slice of Tuscany in the Texas Hill Country. Now Mandola—who is best known for co-founding Carrabba’s Italian Grill in 1986 and eventually selling the rights to Bloomin’ Concepts, is selling the stunning Villa Antichità for $12 million. The property comprises 323 acres in Driftwood, about 30 minutes outside Austin, and partially abuts scenic Onion Creek, which has been partially dammed to create swimming holes for water sports and recreation.
The villa itself was designed by renowned architect Ed Eubanks and includes an 8,721-square-foot main house with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a state-of the-art kitchen befitting a noted Italian chef and airy living spaces that are filled with European antiquities hand-picked by Mandola. There’s also two additional guest houses, a pool, a bocce court and extensive gardens.
Not Italian enough for you? Mandola has also put his Italian residence in Piedmont on the market. Â
Sarah may be a native of Dallas/Fort Worth, but today she’s loyal to Houston. (She still loves the Cowboys.) She joined the Houstonia team in October 2014, heading up fashion, style and design coverage and covering other beats including the local drag queen scene and all things Matthew McConaughey.
A Rice alum, she previously worked for CultureMap and the Houston Chronicle.
