La Leopolda
Posted by BobG in Vancouver on 2008/08/11
Image via Wikipedia 
It’s being reported that this gigantic villa, built originally by the “monster of the Congo” King Leopold of Belgium to house his mistresses, has been sold to the Russian billionaire, Roma Abromavitch for the gigantic sum of some $750 million USD.
And not his principal home, probably.
The selling of it took a while. The seller is Lily Safra, the widow of an ultra wealthy international banker who died in weird circumstances in what was described as a palatial penthouse in Monaco.
Ted Maher, who was a key figure in legal proceedings after the penthouse fire, was in prison for at least 8 years. Today he is divorced and seriously estranged from his family. If you want to read more Google his name.
Finally, if you want to see more about how and where Monaco millionaires live click on the second link below and view the collection of 10 photos from the Guardian!
Related articles by Zemanta
I want to thank the 306 web surfers who visited my blog during the last 24 hours « My agnostic views & images I like said
[...] La Leopolda [...]
The other day my blog was viewed by 304. Today my blog was hit by 368+ individual viewers « My agnostic views & images I like said
[...] La Leopolda [...]