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Europe sells medieval castles - often for a symbolic fee
Old and often legendary European castles are actively turned into hotels today, hand them over to weddings and birthdays, sell wine from vineyards growing on surrounding lands. But more often they just have a rest in them, because the castle business is troublesome, writes Kommersant money .
For example, now in the UK the issue of the future of the famous building of the Westminster Palace , where the country's parliament is actively discussing. The reason for concern was the state of the historical structure. Work on the construction of underground parking for the needs of the parliament and the extension of one of the metro lines, Jubilee, led to the fact that the palace gradually slides into the water, and the Big-Ben tower already deviated from the vertical by 45.7 cm. In addition, cracks appeared on the walls of the building.
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Among the options for saving the former residence, the English kings of the British government considers its sale to foreign investors, including from Russia and China. The alleged cost of the Westminster Palace can amount to £ 500 million
And at the end of last year, the famous Admiralty arch was set up for $ 120 million for sale. The offices of the Cabinet of Ministers moved to the building of the Ministry of Finance, as a result of which the premises in the Admiralty arch with an area of almost 7.5 thousand square meters. m are freed and are now waiting for new owners.
In Europe, as a rule, castles go on sale when the owners cannot support them. Moreover, you can become the owner of a medieval castle almost for the wrong thing: the buyer chooses a castle with a limited right to use 1 euro for a symbolic fee, but at the same time the future owner undertakes to completely restore the castle at his own expense.
In most cases, the minimum cost of the castle starts at 500 thousand euros. According to realtors, there are a lot of such castles in France and Germany. The richest choice is in central and northern France. For example, half an hour from Paris for about 3 million euros, you can buy a castle with an area of 1 thousand to 3 thousand square meters. m, in which it can be from 6 to 20 bedrooms, with a plot of land in several hectares.
In most cases, castles are bought by wealthy Europeans. The Russians are still acquiring castles less often, since it is more interesting for them to relax closer to the promoted places, for example, to the azure bank, where it is impossible to find castles, experts say.