The cursed Ca Daria in Venice has finally been sold. Over the last 600 years it hasn’t been a happy home for many of its owners.
The Giovanni Daria who built the 8 bedroomed palazzo gave it to his daughter as a wedding present. She committed suicide and her son was killed in Greece. It was sold to an Armenian precious stone dealer at the beginning of the 19th century, who was ruined and sold the palazzo for 480 pounds sterling. Following him the French poet Henri de Regnier contracted some terrible illness and died, and the next buyer didn’t even get to the point of purchase being severely injured in a car accident.
The manager of the Who bought it, and Jon Entwistle went for a holiday and promptly had a heart attack and died. Picked up by a Venetian businessman who died in a car accident, it was then sold to the financier Raul Giardini who was caught up the Tangentopoli scandal of the early 90’s and committed suicide.
On the façade is written “Sub ruina insidiosa genero”: which with a creative translation means I bring you to an insidious ruin
Auguri to the new buyer who is allegedly now more than 18 million euros poorer than previously.