The tender to sell the
Casino dell'Aurora
, the only surviving structure of Villa Ludovisi, one of the most beautiful private residences of pre-unification Rome, near via Veneto, closed without being awarded.
The site 'Fallco Aste, sales of judicial assets', which had published the procedure, reports "the auction is deserted".
The base price was 471 million euros.
Inside the building, among the many treasures,
the only fresco by Caravaggio in the world
("Camerino di Giove Nettuno e Pluto or alchemical cabinet").
At the origin of the affair was the lack of agreement between the heirs of Prince Don Nicolò Boncompagni Ludovisi, owner of the residence, who died in 2018.
To have already expressed interest in what is a true treasure trove of art,
explains Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi to Reuters , Bill Gates and an Emir of Qatar.
In the Casino dell'Aurora - about 2800 square meters - there are also the five rooms frescoed by Guercino and then sculptures, stuccos, statues, columns and the splendid garden.
The details of the sale of the monumental complex are on the 'Fallco Aste, sales of judicial assets' website, which marks 471,000,000 euros as a base price, with a minimum of 353,250,000 euros: it is "a legacy that makes the house a museum center ".
The Special Superintendence of Archeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Rome has requested, among other things, the restoration of the architectural and artistic heritage.
Works that will remain at the expense of the future buyer, the cost of which (estimated at around 11,000,000 euros) has been deducted from the auction value.
"The purchase is subject to the suspensive condition of non-exercise of the pre-emption by the state", he explains.
And it is precisely by leveraging this 'clause' that a petition has already been launched on Change.org for some time now addressed directly to the Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini to ensure that the Italian State exercises the right of pre-emption in good time and blocks the sale. to deprived of the beautiful residence.