ROME (Reuters) – A luxury resort formerly owned by Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev on a private archipelago off the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy has been seized by police for suspected building code violations, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Ballet star Nureyev, acclaimed as one of history’s most gifted male dancers and an accomplished choreographer, owned the spectacular Sirenusas or Gallos archipelago, which faces Positano, until his death in 1993.
His residence was later turned into a top-end tourist destination, with prices for weekly stays starting from $300,000, according to the website of resort operator In Villas Veritas.
The prosecutor’s office of Salerno said police seized the entire facility, situated on the biggest of the archipelago’s three islands, Gallo Lungo, due to alleged unauthorized construction of swimming pools, a spa, a helipad and other facilities.
The entire archipelago is part of a natural reserve.
In Villas Veritas did not immediately respond to an email request for comment.
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(Reporting by Alessandro Parodi, editing by Alvise Armellini and Susan Fenton)
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