[1] It overlooks the Tiber Valley in Ronti near Città di Castello in Umbria and is accessed by a steep winding road.
[6] A house party given by Marion and Philippe Lambert at the villa in June 2008 was detailed by Taki Theodoracopulos in his High Life column in The Spectator.
[8] He described the house as an "architectural jewel, with the intimacy of a private family home with its eight bedrooms decorated in the timeless elegance of Palladian tradition" the guests included " ... German and Italian nobles, [and a] Polish prince and princess".
[8] The Palazzo Terranova and the Castello di Santa Eurasia, also owned by Lebedev, have been monitored by Italian intelligence agencies over concerns that they have been used as for espionage purposes.
James Cusick wrote for OpenDemocracy that Lebedev subsequently "told associates that he believes the dog was poisoned and that it was a message from Moscow".
Price addressed Lebedev as "You Guv", said that "champagne and Pricey don't mix" and then "lifted her top to expose her breasts" and turned to Johnson as she did so.
Johnson flew directly to the villa after attending a summit with leaders of NATO countries and the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on the aftermath of the poisoning of the former Russian military intelligence and double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal in the English city of Salisbury.
[15][16] He attended the villa without his customary police protection or ministerial officials, returning via Pisa Airport on Easyjet where he was noticed in a dishevelled state by members of the public.