The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia owns Château Louis XIV, the most costly house in history.

The 300 million-dollar Château Louis XIV has become the most expensive property in history. This stunning home, with its modern design and interiors reminiscent of a Beverly Hills house but inspired by more classic Versailles art, has a strange history of shell corporations and enigmatic buyers behind it. What is the name of the owner? It has just become known that it is the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohamed bin Salmán.

This is the aerial view of the Château Louis XIV and its gardens.

In 2009, businessman Emad Khasoggi – a descendant, certainly, of arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi – wanted to demolish a 19th-century castle in Louveciennes, a suburb of Paris located between Versailles and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and replace it with a fortification modeled like the great French palaces. A movement that has no other explanation but to bring the magnificence of the classics into the current age. Couldn’t he have at least tried to make amends before ruining everything? Although, admittedly, it was a lot easier that way…

Everything in the Château Louis XIV is state-of-the-art technology, from the fountain system to the electrical wiring and air conditioning installation – in fact, it can be operated from a cell phone, as in practically any seventeenth-century chateau, of course-. Its creator didn’t scrimp on amenities, combining the structure’s grandeur with an interior reminiscent of a Beverly Hills house. A clubhouse in the basement, an indoor pool, and a movie theater are just a few of the facilities that jet set celebs would enjoy.

Premium quality materials and marbles line the Château Louis XIV.

However, all together not to lose its pith, Khasoggi additionally picked Carrara marble, the best marquetry and Michelangelo-style wall paintings. He introduced many-sided mosaics outside and surprisingly had a strong gold wellspring constructed. Without a doubt, one of the incredible – and most lavish attractions of the structure. In the event that nobody advised us, we would think it was a limited scale copy of Versailles constructed for all intents and purposes simultaneously. It even has its own labyrinths in the garden.

The palace incorporates two completely equipped suites, as many rooms, two kitchens, a whole floor devoted to recreation, a wine basement and the only private underground aquarium in Europe. The works lasted three years, utilizing seventeenth century techniques with 21st century experts. “The home respects the stylish practice and the soul of the locale and the country, while celebrating the genuine essence of lavish present day life,” explained Cogemad, the studio accountable for its development.

The outcome was overpowering to such an extent that even first class big names like Kim Kardashian were enticed by its extravagance – there he was going to sort out his noteworthy Parisian wedding. What’s more, similar to any great palace, it additionally as of now has its own legend. Over two years prior, the Château Louis XIV was sold for around 250 million euros, making it the most costly home on the planet. The media started to speculate about its new proprietor at the time but nobody wanted to uncover his identity.

Months later, the investigative task hopped from one society to another until they announced that Mohammed canister Salman, crown ruler of Saudi Arabia was the owner. It wasn’t much of a surprise either. The noteworthy palace went along with others of his extreme acquisitions, for example, a yacht valued at 400 million dollars or a Da Vinci for which he paid in excess of 360 million euros. If something was missing from his luxurious existence, it was a castle. Now you have it.

Indoor swimming pool, one of the amenities that were added in the integral reform of the castle.

Kitchen with industrial dimensions of the castle.