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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWorld's Most Expensive Home Listed for 547 million!
https://nypost.com/2021/10/28/italian-villa-with-worlds-only-caravaggio-mural-on-sale-for-547m/It's not about the home. It's all about the painting!
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)I'm going to have to pass on this one.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)But that Caravaggio!
underpants
(182,829 posts)A real fixer upper
While most of the paintings, including the murals, have been preserved throughout the centuries, the rest of the villa remains in a somewhat abandoned state and in need of much renovations.
Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)My wife doesn't allow me to smoke inside the house anyway.
Farmer-Rick
(10,185 posts)Especially with the mural in it. Can you imagine letting your old beagle into the house after chasing rabbits in the fields?
Not a home I would find comfortable. But then I live in an old farm house with lots of character, surrounded by woods and fields. My heaven.
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)As we all know, it's not the cost, it's the upkeep.
And who wants to deal with tourists traipsing through all day long?
Bayard
(22,100 posts)I'll take two!
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)We can buy it together, and use it has our meet up DU pad.
I got a twenty. Lets go.