From villas to copyright: here is the treasure left by Maurizio Costanzo

Maurizio Costanzo, who died on Friday at the age of 84, left a little treasure That will go to the wife Maria DeFilippi and to the three children: Xavier and Camillahad by his second wife Flaminia Morandi, e Gabrieladopted with the De Filippi. In over 60 years of career, Maurizio has amassed an enormous wealth: there are no certain numbers, but there are those who speak of more than seventy million euros. How does it rebuild Republic, in the journalist’s legacy there are not only apartments and villas but also intellectual properties. Costanzo was in fact a great journalist but also a lyricist who wrote unforgettable songs. The most famous is If by phoningfrom 1966, sung by mine.

Then there are the real estate properties. Only to RomeCostanzo owned with De Filippi two apartments of over 150 square meters in the prestigious Prati district. The journalist had the usufruct of these houses, while the bare ownership belongs to the presenter. Then there are a number of other properties in the province of Grosseto, near the thermal baths of Saturnia, where Costanzo often loved to go. In fact, Tuscany was one of the presenter’s favorite summer destinations, who was also at home with Ansedonia where he rested in his famous villa overlooking the sea. Just 40 kilometers by car from his summer residence, Costanzo had another 150 square meter residence in Località Poderi di Sotto. In the same area he also had different terrains, in this case the bare ownership belongs to the children Saverio and Camilla.

Years ago Costanzo, in an interview with Tyrrhenian, he had spoken of his love for Tuscany, and in particular for the splendid villa in Ansedonia, purchased in 2002, where he spent his summers. He worked there too. But only «in the afternoon, in the study, on a desk that I have placed in front of a window from where I can see the sea and the Argentario…»: «It is a magnificent place, so much so that to always have it in front of your eyes, in the bathroom in my office in Rome I had a large photograph of me put up right in front of that desk. And when I look at her I think: “What an idiot I am to break my balls here!”. But then I know that I couldn’t live without working and I console myself».

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