Pieve di Compito, about $13.6 million: Not far from Lucca, this two-villa estate is located in a village that produces olive oil. The property features several buildings and two swimming pools ...

CAMAIORE, Italy — When Marco Pasanella was a boy, he began to spend summers in Tuscany, where his father, Giovanni Pasanella, an architect and former professor of architecture and urban design ...

Not only are real estate taxes low compared to neighbors like France, they are unlikely to be raised anytime soon. “It’s historically something Italy doesn’t do,” Mr. Heath said.