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From a club hidden in a Greek pine forest to a Mallorcan mansion of marès stone, an Alentejo wine estate to cabanas threaded through Turkish forest with no tree felled: seven houses that have read the past, admire it, but decline to dress up as it.
If you love a worn flagstone floor and the patina of age, these five are for you: a Sicilian masseria, a Mallorcan finca, an Umbrian monastery and more.
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If you read a room the way others read a wardrobe, these six are for you: a Venetian palazzo, a Tuscan convent, a Formentera dune-house and more.
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If you read luxury in the single considered gesture, these seven are for you: a Puglian masseria, a Cretan hillside studio, a Naxian stone house and more.
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If you would rather sleep inside a story than a show home, these nine are for you: a Syros mansion, a Palma palazzo, an Istrian sea captain's house and more.
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