Beppe Signoria former striker for the Italian national team and club teams such as Lazio and Bologna, has decided to find his home Bologna: This is not just any building, because Leonardo da Vinci lived in this house.
The house in question is in Felicini Palace Where Leonardo da Vinci 1515 deposited in the wake of Julian of Medici, arrived in the city of Bologna to meet King Francis I of France. Later, the genius moved to France, where he remained until his death, which occurred four years later: the Palazzo Felicini therefore remains Leonardo da Vinci’s last Italian residence.
Former striker Signori sells the house that housed Leonardo: the price
Giuseppe Signori bought the property in 2002 and lived there with his wife Tina for over twenty years: thanks to the size of the building, the former striker and his wife also turned it into a bed and breakfast and boutique hotel. “The Angels’ Rooms‘, which remained open for about three years, from 2017 to 2020, until the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Over the years, the apartment has also hosted other famous figures from the world of football and sport in general, such as: Marco di Vaioformer Bologna striker and current manager of the rossoblu team, and several basketball players mesmerized by the sight of such a majestic historical residence.
The Palazzo Felicini residence has been put up for sale by Italy Sotheby’s International Realty for about 3 million and 200 thousand euros: The building covers about 620 square meters and is located in one of the most famous and best preserved 15th century buildings in Bologna, voted one of the most learned cities in Italy.
The History of Palazzo Felicini and Beppe Signori
The building is on three levels and has an independent entrance accessed from a courtyard shared with other real estate units. The Palazzo Felicini was built long before the visit of Leonardo da Vinci, who, according to new research, had guessed the secret of gravity before Newton: the construction dates back to the 14th century on the basis of a late 13th-century building.
The apartment offered for sale by Beppe Signori is enriched by seventeenth-century boiserie coffered ceilings and large, monumental chimneys. On the second floor there is a large attic, which in turn can be considered a real independent apartment. The building is protected by Superintendence of Fine Arts which at the time gave a favorable opinion for the construction of an elevator inside the property.
Giuseppe Signori was born in Alzano Lombardo in 1968 and was one of the most successful strikers of the 1990s. After a brief stint in Inter’s youth team, he rose through the lower leagues in the shirts of Leffe, Piacenza and Trento until Zdenek joined Foggia ZemanTechnician who has best managed to exploit his properties.
The name Signori is inextricably linked to that of des Lazioone of the most popular teams in Italy: he wore the biancoceleste jersey for five years and won the top scorer rating three times, 1993, 1994 and 1996. The adventure ended in Rome, after a brief unfortunate period at Sampdoria , found a second youth at Bologna, where he stayed six seasons before ending his career with Iraklis and Sopron.