A villa in Rome where a Texas-born Italian princess has lived for two decades with the only known Caravaggio ceiling mural will be re-auctioned after it failed to sell.
The Casino dell'Aurora, also known as Villa Ludovisi, has been in the Ludovisi family since the early 1600s but became the subject of an inheritance dispute after Prince Nicolт Boncompagni Ludovisi died in 2018.
Rita Jenrett Boncompagni Ludovisi, formerly known as Rita Carpenter, was set to be kicked out of her $538million Rome villa amid the ongoing dispute with her stepsons after the property went on a court-ordered auction block on Tuesday.
But the Casino dell'Aurora, also known as Villa Ludovisi, is set to be re-auctioned in the coming months with a lower starting bid after no winning bid was entered.











The property, which is set to be auctioned amid the dispute, is home to Jupiter, Neptune And Pluto (pictured) is the only ceiling painting by Caravaggio

In 2021, a judge ordered the villa be put up for auction in January, with its value estimated at 471 million euros ($538 million) and a starting bid set at 353 million euros ($400 million). 





The villa, just off the famous Via Veneto, was one of 42 lots up for court-ordered auction and was assigned a court-appraised value of 471 million euros ($533 million).
With no winning bids in the first round, the villa will go up for auction two more times at lower prices, with the next round scheduled for April 7.
The Italian Culture Ministry can try to match the highest bid at any stage given the property's value as a part of Italy's cultural heritage.


The listing on the Rome tribunal's highlights its many attributes, though it notes that 11 million euros ($12.5 million) in renovations will be necessary to make it comply with current standards. If you beloved this article and you would like to collect more info pertaining to [url=https://rankthai.com/casino-online/]คาสิโนออนไลน์ i implore you to visit the webpage.  





Princess Rita (pictured inside the home), who has lived in the property for two decades, said she has 'rarely slept' since she received the court-ordered auction notice on September 2











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A 'monumental property' on six levels, the listing says it is 'among the most prestigious architectural and landscape beauties of pre-unification Rome,' with three garages, the Caravaggio, two roof terraces and a 'splendid garden with arboreal essences and tall trees, pedestrian paths, stairs and rest areas'.