Karl Lagerfeld's Parisian party palace where Victoria Beckham hosted a catwalk show is on the market for ?200 million after 存在 掴むd from Gabon's 判決,裁定 王朝 in a 軍の クーデター - but no one wants to buy it

A Parisian mansion that was Karl Lagerfeld's party palace for 30 years?is at the centre of a bitter 戦う/戦い to find a new owner.

据えるd on the 資本/首都's Left Bank, 18th-century mansion?H?tel Pozzo di Borgo is synonymous with glamour, having 供給するd a sumptuous 背景 to a number of 滑走路s, 含むing Victoria Beckham spring/summer 2024.

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The 明言する/公表する of Gabon 購入(する)d the 所有物/資産/財産 in 2010 for almost??100million, with the 意向 of it 事実上の/代理 as a base for a Gabonese 外交の 使節団 and 経済的な bureau in?フラン.

However, it is thought to have been used as a 私的な 住居 by the Bongos, the 議論の的になる 王朝 that 支配するd Gabon, west Africa, for five 10年間s before they were overthrown in August 2023 in a 軍の クーデター.

As a result, the Gabon 革命評議会 掴むd the mansion last summer and have since made the 決定/判定勝ち(する) to 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) it for ?200million to 財政/金融 組織/基盤/下部構造.

The 18th-century mansion H?tel Pozzo di Borgo is synonymous with glamour

にもかかわらず a third of the country's 2.3 million 全住民 living in poverty, Bongo was one of the wealthiest 長,率いるs of 明言する/公表する in the world.

But Omar Bongo, who was?the second 大統領,/社長 of Gabon for nearly 42 years until his death in 2009, and his son Ali, who 後継するd him, are 存在 (刑事)被告 of 搾取するing 税金 payers' money to 購入(する) the 私的な 所有物/資産/財産 in フラン.

The family is under scrutiny in a 犯罪の 調査 for 恐らく taking a 株 of hundreds of millions of euros from 取引,協定s 伴う/関わるing Gabon's raw 構成要素s, 特に oil, によれば the French マスコミ.

指名するd after the aristocratic Corsican family who owned it until 2010, H?tel Pozzo di Borgo underwent a 重要な 革新 by some of フラン's 主要な 内部の designers - under the direction of Gabon's 外交官/大使 to Paris.?

The 所有物/資産/財産 供給するd a sumptuous 背景 to Victoria Beckham's spring/summer 2024
The?私的な 住居 belonged to th e Pozzo di Borgo family until 2010
H?tel Pozzo di Borgo was Karl Lagerfeld's 最初の/主要な 住居 for 30 years
Karl Lagerfeld is pictured inside his 'party palace' H?tel Pozzo di Borgo
A grand ballroom is decorated with gold panelling and opulent chandeliers

The coveted 発生地 hosted さまざまな catwalk shows, 含むing?Victoria Beckham and Marni,?during Paris Fashion Week spring/summer 2024 last month.?

But now, the 住居 has become a source of 当惑 for the former French 植民地.

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General Brice Oligui Nguema, a?軍の officer serving as 過度期の 大統領 of Gabon, is said to have made the 決定/判定勝ち(する) to put the 所有物/資産/財産 on the market.

据えるd in the?Rue de l'Universit?, Paris, the hotel was Karl Lagerfeld's 最初の/主要な 住居 for almost 30 years.?

H?tel Pozzo di Borgo has been 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d for??200million
The luxurious 住居 features jacquard wallpaper, patterned rugs and 初めの oil 絵s
Golden panelling and opulent mirrors adorn many of the 塀で囲むs
The Marni spring/summer 2024 catwalk was held at the hotel last month
The hotel 追加するd a glamorous 背景 to Marni's spring/summer 2024 catwalk

The former artistic director of Chanel rented up to 1,000sq/m in the mansion and decorated it in an opulent 18th century style.

A number of glamorous parties were held within its 塀で囲むs, 含むing one celebrating?Nicole Kidman's Chanel?No 5 宣伝 in 2004.

During this time, the mansion was owned by Philippe Pozzo di Borgo,?a Corsican French 実業家 who was also the director of Pommery.

The 所有物/資産/財産 also played host to Vivienne Westwood's eccentric spring/summer 2010 show during Paris Fashion Week.??

A 広範囲にわたる staircase is lined with 王室の blue and gold carpet
The hotel played host to Vivienne Westwood's spring/summer 2010 show
Grand chandelliers feature in every room of the 私的な 住居

The Gabon 革命評議会 掴むd the mansion last summer and have since made the 決定/判定勝ち(する) to 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) it for ?200million to 財政/金融 組織/基盤/下部構造.?

Several of the country's wealthiest people, 含むing?Bernard Arnault, 創立者 of the 高級な goods 巨大(な) LVMH, have been approached, によれば Glitz Paris.

にもかかわらず 可能性のある 利益/興味 from 買い手s, there is hesitation to を取り引きする the leaders of a 公然と非難するd クーデター, as Western 政府s, 含むing Britain, have criticised the 状況/情勢.