
Strong asset: You can buy this monastery which doubles as the village walls.

Awaiting you: This $1.5m property is in the Ciociaria area between Naples and Rome.

Flowery history: The Franciscan monastery is near the town of Frosinone.

All alone: This lavish villa is near the hilltop village of Caldine, near Florence.

Impeccable history: The villa was built as a parish priest's estate and is now selling for $2.55 million.

Holy moly: The property includes a deconsecrated church, which the current owners used for events.

Room with a view: This monastery in Umbria is currently used as a boutique hotel.

Important history: The $2.9 million property was once used as a refuge for partisans planning their resistance against the Fascists.

Heavenly hills: It sits midway between Gubbio and Città di Castello in the upper Tiber Valley.