Villa Certosa, located in Sardinia, is famous for its renowned guests: George W. Bush, Tony Blair and Vladimir Putin. The children of the former President of the Italian Council, who died last June at the age of 86, put it up for sale at 500 million euros.
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From our correspondent in Rome, Blandine Hugonnet
On the Costa Smeralda, the popular emerald coast of northern Sardinia (Italy), you have to imagine a huge park on the edge of the Mediterranean, divided into gardens, swimming pools and ponds, a greenhouse, tennis courts, mermaid statues, a fake volcano and an amphitheater. And in the middle of this 110 hectare estate belonging to Silvio Berlusconiits sumptuous villa Certosa, with its sixty rooms.
Fireworks
You should also visualize fireworks at the arrival of the Italian billionaire’s guests, as was the case for the British Tony Blair, then Prime Minister. It is in this sumptuous summer residence that the Cavaliere also received Russian President Vladimir Putin on several occasions from 2003 to 2010 but also the heads of government of Spain and the Czech Republic and American President George W. Bush.
A sulfurous and expensive asset
It is therefore a symbol of the popularity of the sulphurous President of the Italian Council that his heirs are now putting up for sale: an asset that is too expensive to maintain for the five Berlusconi children, who have already shared the rest of their deceased father’s assets and who are ready to give up the villa in Sardinia for half a billion euros. Acquired in the 1980s by the real estate tycoon, the property should attract the first visits from billionaires, Emiratis, Saudis, Indians and Americans this month.
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