Nilly_Chipples
12-11-2004, 09:00 PM
ROME (AP) - Calling all opera lovers with a few spare millions: The house where Giuseppe Verdi wrote "Rigoletto" is up for sale.
Saba Sabadini Orlandi, the house's owner, put an ad in the Financial Times newspaper advertising the sale. Despite the colorful Italian-tinged grammar, the message was clear: "We sell in the historical centre of Busseto ... unique palazzo - 18th Century - belonged to Giuseppe Verdi."
The asking price for the house in Busseto, near Parma, is about $6.6 million, Sabadini Orlandi said. Whoever buys it will probably have to spend another $3.3 million to renovate it.
The owner said she decided to sell the palazzo because she didn't have the money to fix it up and was unable to secure outside funds.
More Here (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041211/D86TJ06G0.html)
Saba Sabadini Orlandi, the house's owner, put an ad in the Financial Times newspaper advertising the sale. Despite the colorful Italian-tinged grammar, the message was clear: "We sell in the historical centre of Busseto ... unique palazzo - 18th Century - belonged to Giuseppe Verdi."
The asking price for the house in Busseto, near Parma, is about $6.6 million, Sabadini Orlandi said. Whoever buys it will probably have to spend another $3.3 million to renovate it.
The owner said she decided to sell the palazzo because she didn't have the money to fix it up and was unable to secure outside funds.
More Here (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041211/D86TJ06G0.html)