Highlights: In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi's luxurious villa in Sardinia is for sale. Villa Certosa 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 in June, put it up for sale at 500 million 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.

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 in June…

In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi's luxurious villa in Sardinia is for sale

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on a two-day visit to Sardinia in Silvio Berlusconi's Villa Certosa, April 17, 2008 (illustrative image). (Photo: Reuters)

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From our correspondent in Rome,

Blandine Hugonnet

On the Costa Smeralda, a popular emerald coast in 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 Berlusconi

, his 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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In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi's luxurious villa in Sardinia is for sale

In Italy, Silvio Berlusconi's luxurious villa in Sardinia is for sale

Fireworks

A sulfurous and expensive asset

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