Breath taking: The estate that used to belong to the family of the famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’ is now up for sale for $19.6 million.

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July 21, 2024

If you have ever been curious about how noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo, famously portrayed in Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa, lived, you can find out by visiting a historic 700-year-old villa outside Florence, Italy, which is currently for sale.

The estate, priced at $19.6 million, sits on 66 acres in the Scandicci countryside. Built around 1300, the villa was owned by the Giocondo family by 1498, not long before Leonardo painted Lisa.

It was later acquired by the Antinori family, giving it the name Villa Antinori di Monte Aguglioni. The villa has four floors, totaling about 43,000 square feet, with 14 bedrooms and 15 full baths.

A cypress-lined path leads through an iron gate to the garden and service entrance. Inside, you will find an entrance hall, five lounges, a dining room, a library, an at-home gym, staff quarters, an elevator, a second-floor terrace, and an antique iron veranda.

Even though there have been changes made to the residence over the years, it still holds onto many original features. One of these is a uniquely designed private chapel that showcases seventeenth-century religious architecture, as mentioned in the property listing. The estate also includes other buildings such as a caretaker’s house, an orangery, a greenhouse, and various agricultural structures.

Diletta Giorgolo, the head of residential at Italy Sotheby’s International Realty, stated that the villa is of significant artistic and historical value and is listed with the Superintendence for Architectural and Landscape Heritage. The entire property is well-maintained and is currently being used as a private residence by a Florentine industrialist family.

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