Silvio Berlusconi's Villa Certosa in Sardinia has its own volcano

Those pretty or powerful enough to enter the gates of the fabled Villa Certosa describe being dazzled by the paradise they find inside. They speak of a place of wonder, whose owner is no longer simply the man charged with running the country but a singer, botanist and generous host — a magical place where girls dance freely and world leaders bathe as nature intended. A place, in short, where it is considered entirely normal for a Prime Minister to build himself a fake volcano. Yesterday, the world was shown some of the other delights at Villa Certosa, courtesy of the Spanish newspaper El País. In the photographs, which Mr Berlusconi tried to ban, a naked man enjoys the scenery from his patio. Topless girls recline by the pool while others relax in thongs as modest as a string of spaghetti. Exactly what goes on inside Mr Berlusconi’s private paradise on the Sardinian coast has come under intense scrutiny since it emerged that an aspiring model with whom he has no obvious connection attended one of his parties when she was only 17. CONTINUE ...

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