The devil wears Prada… and sells the house! Miranda Priestley’s mansion is up for sale

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In the Upper East Side of New York, the famous and luxurious area of ​​Manhattan, he was placed on sale home for the modest sum of $27.5 million. The news, however, is different: the house in question is famous all over the world because it is “luxurious”. Miranda Priestley’s housemain character The Devil Wears Prada played by Meryl Streep.

In the cult film of 2006, which Mediaset broadcasts on television every year (even repeatedly), the symbolic place from which all events unfold is the headquarters Runways. A iconic scenehowever, this is the one in which Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), recently hired, goes to Miranda Priestley’s house to deliver a book to her, a draft of the latest magazine to be released. Clumsy and frightened, Andy tiptoes up a long staircase until he meets the withering eyes of the owner of the house and her boss.

In the ad for the sale, the house appears exactly as The Devil Wears Prada. An Italian Neo-Renaissance mansion built in 1907 and renovated in 2005, at the entrance you will notice a luxurious gallery with a marble fireplace, a seating area for receiving guests and a large Murano glass chandelier. In the center is a wide spiral staircase leading to an imposing living room. And that’s what you see in the movie. A total of 20 rooms (including 2 kitchens, 7 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms) spread over 6 floors (there is even a basketball court on the top floor) with a total area of ​​1115 m2.

The house was last sold in 2003 for $8.8 million. After the movie, the owners kept the décor intact until the current sale. By the way, the house was also used in the series Gossip: Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) and Serena Van Der Woodsen (Blake Lively) got married here.