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Silvio Berlusconi's 'James Bond-style' underground cave
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Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) waves as he arrives for a meeting of the European People's Party (EPP), in Brussels in this June 28, 2012 file photo. |
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Silvio Berlusconi's summer retreat on Sardinia's exclusive Costa Smeralda, which gained notoriety for parties with topless models, features an underground cave, complete with an emergency escape exit to the sea. The existence of the cave at the former Italian prime minister's Villa Certosa estate had been rumoured for years but the first photographs of it emerged on Friday. They were obtained by Antonello Zappadu, an Italian photographer who made his name in 2009 by taking long-lens pictures of scantily-clad showgirls at Mr Berlusconi's residence. The cave, which could have come straight out of a James Bond film, features a swimming pool, its floor decorated with a mosaic of Poseidon, the god of the sea, holding a trident. It is connected to a short tunnel and a gate which reportedly leads straight to the sea. The cave is connected to the rest of the villa by stairs and a passageway, which are illuminated by discreetly placed lights set into the floor. The underground complex is believed to have been built in 2004 but has never been seen publicly. "It was the secret services who asked me to carry out the work, after I had received 38 death threats," Mr Berlusconi explained at the time. He said he had sought advice on the design and construction from Pietro Lunardi, a cabinet colleague who was then the minister for infrastructure and insisted that no planning regulations had been broken. Mr Zappadu, who now lives in Colombia, said on his blog that he had obtained the images from an anonymous source. The semi-submerged cave is not the only flamboyant feature at Villa Certosa, a 150-acre estate where Mr Berlusconi has hosted the likes of Tony Blair and Vladimir Putin. He once built an artificial volcano in the grounds of the villa to entertain guests at one of his parties. Mr Berlusconi, who turns 76 this month, stepped down in November when Italy became immersed in the eurozone crisis and after his reputation was damaged by a series of sex scandals, most notably involving allegations that he paid for sex with an under age prostitute at "bunga bunga" parties at his mansion in Milan. (Read by Rosie Tuck. Rosie Tuck is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
意大利一名攝影師近日曝光了前總理西爾維奧?貝盧斯科尼位于撒丁島獨有的翡翠海岸的一座度假別墅的地下洞穴照片，洞穴還連接著一個通往海面的緊急逃生出口。這座度假別墅因招待裸胸模特開派對而臭名昭著。 貝盧斯科尼的這處切爾托薩別墅有地下洞穴的傳聞已經有好幾年了，但照片在上周五才首次曝光。 這些照片是意大利攝影師安東內洛?扎帕杜公布的，他曾在2009年因在貝盧斯科尼的住處拍到衣著暴露的女郎的長鏡頭照片而出名。 這個人工洞穴酷似007系列電影場景：洞穴里有一個游泳池，池底有手持三叉戟的海神波塞冬的馬賽克圖像。 這個洞穴連接著一個較短的隧道和一扇直接通向海面的門。 洞穴通過樓梯和通道通往別墅的其他地方，通過小心安裝在地板上的燈來照明。 據稱洞穴修建于2004年，但從未被曝光。 貝盧斯科尼當時解釋說：“是特務機關要求我修建的，在我收到了38次死亡威脅之后。” 他說自己向內閣同僚彼得羅-羅納爾迪咨詢了設計和建造，羅納爾迪時任基礎設施建設部長，堅稱沒有違反任何設計規程。 扎帕杜現居哥倫比亞。他在博客上說，照片從一位不愿公開姓名的人士處獲得。 這個半掩水中的洞穴并不是切爾托薩別墅的唯一“亮點”。切爾托薩別墅占地150英畝，貝盧斯科尼曾在此處招待英國前首相布萊爾和俄羅斯總統普京。 在某次派對中，他曾在別墅內修建人工火山來娛樂賓客。 貝盧斯科尼本月將滿76歲。他在去年11月卸任意大利總理，當時意大利深陷歐元區經濟危機，而他自己也因一系列的性丑聞而聲名狼藉。最著名的性丑聞包括在米蘭宅邸舉辦bunga bunga派對，招徠未成年妓女花錢買春。 相關閱讀 （中國日報網英語點津 Julie 編輯：陳丹妮） |
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Vocabulary: notoriety: 惡名，聲名狼藉 mosaic: 馬賽克 trident: 三叉戟 the likes of: 像這樣的人（或事） |
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