A mansion near Milan that belonged to the late Silvio Berlusconi could be turned into a museum in his memory. writes about it Guard.
Berlusconi bought his main residence, Villa San Martino, in the early 1970s. The billionaire held business and political meetings as well as some scandalous parties here.
A source from the party of Forza Italia politicians confirmed reports that the villa could be turned into a museum. According to him, this is a “general idea” that Berlusconi’s relatives are considering at this stage. First of all, it is planned to make the mansion open to private tours and then open to the public as a museum.
Throughout his life, Berlusconi filled the 70-room mansion with hundreds of portraits, many of them by himself, as well as works of art such as those by Rembrandt and Titian. Its library contains more than 10,000 books, including biographies of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, and its office is dedicated to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Contains gifts from world leaders, including Elizabeth and Muammar Gaddafi.
A marble mausoleum was built in the garden of the villa, where the remains of a politician are buried.
It is expected that recordings of Berlusconi’s speeches will be played in the corridors of the villa, and the documentary Il fiume della libertà, shot in 2013, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Forza Italia party, in one of the rooms.
Previously reportedthat the legacy of former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi is 4 billion euros.