The extraordinary transformation into a large, modern villa of this Franciscan convent dating back to the Middle Ages is all thanks to the film director George Lucas, who wanted to give the place a new and different splendor, enhancing its beauty and history while preserving its architectural simplicity. Always enshrined in an elegance rooted in its architectural simplicity and strikingly beautiful surroundings, the property's restoration plan was to maintain its sense of understated magnificence.