Cher has previously revealed that she wanted to build her own “version of Venetian” after being inspired by visits to Venice and Casa Casuarina, the mansion of her late friend Gianni Versace in Miami’s South Beach, according to Architectural Digest. “Once her mind moved toward Italian Renaissance, she got 50 books and started studying —presenting me with ideas,” designer and Cher’s longtime friend Ron Wilson told AD. “Both structurally and in terms of the interior, this house was Cher’s concept. My job is to interpret what she’s thinking.” The home took five years to build and is rendered in a variety of luxurious materials like limestone and marble imported from Italy and France, hand-wrought bronze on the doors, and tiles from Spain and Morocco, according to the listing.
