For $ 8 million , you could purchasea five - bedroom co - opin Manhattan ’s Upper East Side , ora mid - century mansionin the Hollywood Hills owned by actors Emily Blunt and John Krasinski . However , you ’ll get way more bang for your buck in Umbria , Italy .
allot to Business Insider , a 40 - bedchamber , 20 - bathroom castle near the little medieval village ofTodi , locate about two hours northward of Rome , is on the market for $ 8.3 million . The hillside estate is called Castle di Sismano , and it dates back to the 10thcentury . It bluster a functioning bed - and - breakfast with its own restaurant , a pocket billiards , and 2100 acres of forests , pasture , and olive groves . The place also comes with parts of the surrounding town , and a residential complex of building and gardens .
Castle di Sismano ’s historical bequest is equally telling . Bloomberg writes thatthe prince ofCorsini , a outstanding diachronic family line of Florence , have passed the land down through their family for 1054 years . Two of its owners became popes — a fact that ’s only overshadow by the fact that the property itself was first donated by Emperor Otto I , Holy Roman Emperor , in 962 CE .
Castle di Sismano is listed withJeffrey Feuer and Angelica Mera Schaeferof Douglas Elliman . Visit its websitefor more data , or hold back out some picture below .
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All images courtesy ofDouglas Elliman Real Estate .
