Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Sells Family Castle

Posted Wednesday February 4, 2009 7:34 PM GMT

Since becoming the French First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been all over the celebrity map. And now it seems she has liquidated a major family asset.

The Bruni family castle in Italy has been sold to an Arab sheikh to the tune of nine million Euros. And it sounds like they were pleased to finally find a buyer.

Carla’s mother Marisa Bruni Tedeschi told press, "Yes, we have finally found a buyer. After all, we had finished with Castagneto Po, nobody went there anymore."

Castagneto Po, a Piedmontese castle dates back to the year 1019, boasts 40 rooms and an 18th century interior that has no parallel in Italy. The castle’s furniture and fittings fetched 10 million Euros at a London auction.

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Enjoy the pictures of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the Piedmontese castle (February 4).

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