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The Economic Times
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This Qatari royal bought an European villa for $395 million, bigger than Vatican City. The Sardinian estate features 126 rooms, remote-controlled erupting volcano, secret cave to hide from drones and more

One of Europe's most extraordinary private estates has found a new owner. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, better known as HBJ, has purchased Villa Certosa, the sprawling Sardinian estate once owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

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