The Colombaio is built around a 16th century sighting tower constructed directly upon an enormous rock. This rock has been left partially visible in the main room.

A tree-lined road, on the east-west axis, leads to the main entrance that gives to the east; it is protected by a small front porch that holds the traditional ancient wood-fired oven.

The northern side, onto which most of the windows give, is dedicated to the garden with a vine pergola that shades an outside paved area. 

The eastern side has a courtyard with a rose garden and a covered woodshed, the western windows of the main room give onto a vegetable garden.  

The recovery work that respects each and every part of the house has taken place over years of personal commitment by the owner who is also the architect.

The original idea has been put into act step by step through the years. 

There is an articulated distribution space at the center of the house, with a skylight, provided with a system of staircases and intermediate floors that unite the living rooms with large fireplaces on the ground floor and the upstairs bedrooms, up to the tower.

There has been absolute respect for the materials employed, the stone used is trachyte, abundant on Amiata; the beams, the rafts, doors and windows are in chestnut; Siena cotto tile floors where rough stones, shaped and finished, have not been used.

The kitchen features majolicas hand painted by local artisans.