Villa Certosa – Italy’s vulgar Versailles: yours for £350m

No one can accuse Silvio Berlusconi of not making the most of his bunga bunga palace, the Villa Certosa.

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Silvio Berlusconi has enjoyed his time at the Villa Certosa

Silvio Berlusconi is selling Villa Certosa, his "bunga-bunga palace" in Sardinia. According to Corriere della Sera newspaper, the former Italian prime minister has taken Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the Saudi crown prince and first in line to the throne, on a five-hour tour of the property, for which he hopes to fetch a tasty £350m.

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