Ethical restoration · Hospitality · Community

Reimagining Manduria.

We restore the ancient heart of one of Puglia's most authentic towns, in Salento, and build something new inside it.

The Vision

A 2,700-year-old town. A modern vision.

ManduriaShire Srl acquires, restores, and repurposes historic properties in Manduria's centro storico, in Puglia, southern Italy: the ancient Messapian heart of one of Salento's least discovered towns.

Our thesis is simple. These buildings, with their volte a stella ceilings and centuries of stories, deserve better than abandonment. We restore them ethically, we fill them with life, and we offer them to people who see what we see: a place worth belonging to. Every building that finds its family brings the next one into the circle. The town grows back, one house at a time.

Historic centreVolte a stellaZona AIonian Sea 20'Brindisi Airport 35'
Properties

Own a piece of Manduria.

Some of our guests fall in love with Manduria and want more than a stay. They want a home.

We help them find it. ManduriaShire identifies, acquires, and restores historic properties in the old town, then offers them to buyers who want to become part of the community. You arrive as a guest of 15Dolcevita. You return as a neighbour. Your home joins the ecosystem: managed by us when you are away, alive with friends when you are here. Every house that finds its owner funds the restoration of the next one. The community builds itself.

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What we do
Flagship project

15Dolcevita

A private biohacking retreat for couples, woven through the streets of Manduria. Opening Christmas 2026.

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Community initiatives

For Manduria

Beyond hospitality, ManduriaShire works with local institutions on projects that give back to the town: youth creative centres, entrepreneurship support for young professionals, and cultural programmes that connect Manduria's heritage with its future.

The Founders

Founded by two manduriani.

After twenty-eight years in Asia, Maria Pia Ancora and Mario Dimitri came home to turn their town into Italy's first longevity retreat inside a living historic centre.

Maria Pia Ancora
Maria Pia Ancora
Co-Founder

Environmental engineer, PhD at Tsinghua, Principal at the Asian Development Bank. Six languages. She is finishing saving the world, then she comes home.

Mario Dimitri
Mario Dimitri
Co-Founder & CEO

Raised in Manduria, Bocconi and CEIBS MBA in Shanghai, 17 years building businesses across Asia. Convinced that joy is the ultimate longevity protocol.