Villa Certosa: the symbol of Silvio Berlusconi’s symbol returns to the center of the negotiations

Villa Certosa still remains one of the most iconic and desired residences in Italy. His fame is renewed while rumors circulate on a possible buyer: an Arab magnate which, according to rumors, would now be “one step away” from the purchase of the famous summer home of Silvio Berlusconi, overlooking the Gulf of Porto Rotondo, in Punta Lada. However, Fininvest’s reply arrived on time, which takes care of the management and enhancement of the real estate assets that belonged to the former Prime Minister, who passed away in June 2023.

What was the chief’s favorite residence had already appeared on the market in 2010 and 2015, although without ever official confirmation. At the time the Financial Times He reported that Berlusconi had refused a 500 million euro offer advanced by the Saudi royal family, already interested in the property.

It has been confirmed that the mandate, first in the hands of the Milanese immobiliary Dils, one of the biggest Italian Real Estate, is now entrusted to Sotheby’s International Realtyflanked by Knight Castle Real.

Today Villa Certosa appears as a real private citadel. The home, purchased by Berlusconi in the 1980s and subsequently expanded and renovated, extends over a park of about 120 hectares and offers record numbers: 126 rooms, five swimming pools, tennis courts, a regulatory football field, a golf course, an heliport and about 4,500 square meters of internal spaces. To complete the complex there are four bungalows, two villas called “Ibiscus” and “Cactus”, a gym, a theater, a panoramic tower and a greenhouse.

In addition to luxury, Villa Certosa also contains a piece of recent history. After 1994, Silvio Berlusconi made it his summer residence and the stage of international relations: here he welcomed numerous world leaders, including the then president of the United States George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, habitual guest of the estate in the 2000s.