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Known as Prata Streeta rural property that was the home of the real Mona Lisaa few miles from Florence, Italy, is on the market for €18,000,000. According to Sotheby’s International, the 16th-century structure belongs to the family of Francesco del Giocondoa noble silk and clothing merchant, who in 1503 commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to create a portrait of his wife, Lisa Gherardini, which would go down in history as the “Mona Lisa”.
On a land of 27 hectaresthere is a main house and several additional structuresincluding a gardener’s house, buildings for agricultural use, private chapel, swimming pool and tennis court. The property is divided into gardenstree-lined avenues and lush vegetation.
The lush vegetation surrounding the mansionThe real Mona Lisa was called Lisa Gherardini and her father was a noble merchant who commissioned a portrait of his daughter from Leonardo Da Vinci
The main house It has 14 rooms and 15 bathroomswith three staircases and a gate. After the large entrance hall, there are five living rooms, a kitchen, two bathrooms, among other amenities.
Projected by the English architect Cecil Pinsent (1884-1963), the garden has roses, tall trees and symmetrical flowerbeds. The basement includes three large steps, a kitchen, a laundry room, two storage rooms, two bathrooms, a wine cellar and a large gallery overlooking the green area.
The second floor opens the two remaining rooms of the main houseas well as a gym, a desk, two bathrooms and a terrace. Each of the floors is connected by stairs and a elevator.
The house has three floors, 14 rooms and 15 bathrooms.
The property also opened a private chapel with a polygonal floor planwhich, according to Sotheby’s, is typical of prestigious residences of the period and an example of 17th-century religious architecture.
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