Berlusconi Heirs Sell Sardinian Party Palace to Qatari Sheik
Fininvest said it accepted a binding offer as Berlusconi’s five children continue to streamline the family’s property holdings.
- Fininvest confirmed on Tuesday that it "accepted a binding offer from a foreign entity" for the sale of Villa Certosa to a company linked to Qatar's ruling family.
- Located on Sardinia's exclusive Costa Smeralda, the sprawling estate spans roughly 120 hectares with around 126 rooms, swimming pools, an amphitheatre, and a mock volcano that erupts on command.
- Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al Thani's Constellation Hotels Holding Ltd paid some $395 million for the estate, local media reported; neither party could be immediately reached for comment.
- The sale follows a broader effort by Berlusconi's five children to rationalise the vast property portfolio he left after his death in 2023.
- Berlusconi famously hosted his "bunga bunga" parties at Villa Certosa, entertaining Russian President Vladimir Putin and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and the estate featured a James Bond-style underground grotto.
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Villa Certosa, the legendary summer residence of former Prime Minister, football club chairman, tycoon, and womanizer Silvio Berlusconi, has been sold by his children for 350 million euros to the influential Al Thani family from Qatar.
For years, Villa Certosa was much more than a private residence dedicated to the recreation of a prime minister. It was the place where Silvio Berlusconi received heads of state, political allies and businessmen to the point of turning it into a center of power of the Italian center-right. However, this immense estate -which, with its 120 hectares, triples the size of the Vatican- reached world fame also for the parties organized by the presiden…
With the passage of the historic estate to the royal family of Qatar, a chapter lasting over thirty years is closed. Among politics, worldliness, illustrious guests and spectacular scenery, Villa Certosa was one of the most recognizable symbols of the Berlusconian era
The royal family of Qatar will buy Villa Certosa, the mansion that former president Silvio Berlusconi had on the island of Sardinia, known for its ‘wonders’ and in which the Italian tycoon for years invited in the summers heads of state, businessmen, political allies and illustrious guests, making it a symbol of its power. According to Corriere della Sera newspaper some sources close to the Berlusconi family, the negotiations are in their final …
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