For 1,100,000 euros today, you can buy a piece of one of cinema’s most scandalous love stories.
In Santa Marinella, on the Via Aurelia about sixty kilometers from Rome, one of the two Rossellini-Bergman villas is for sale—the seaside home associated with the director of *Rome, Open City* and the star of *Casablanca*.
There were two Rossellini-Bergman villas: what do we know about the one for sale?
It’s the detail that the most observant will notice right away. The Toscano real estate agency in Santa Marinella, which is handling the sale, describes the home as “one of the two” Rossellini-Bergman villas in Santa Marinella, without specifying which one.
And in town, some recall that Santa Marinella’s most famous villa—the large white house by the sea that has become a symbol of the town—changed hands years ago.
Diving off the pier, the children on the terrace, and a film shot in the vegetable gardens: Ingrid Bergman’s summers in Santa Marinella
Rossellini and Bergman divided their time between an apartment in Parioli and Santa Marinella, surrounded by their children, friends, producers, and car rides.
In the village’s vegetable gardens, Rossellini filmed the “Ingrid” episode of *Siamo donne* (1953): the world’s most famous diva grappling with a mischievous hen.
A double-height living room, a 300-square-meter garden, and a view of the Tyrrhenian Sea: what the villa looks like inside (and how much it costs per square meter)
The Rossellini-Bergman villa for sale is all on one level: a double living room, two bedrooms, a small bedroom, a kitchen-dining area, and three bathrooms.
Outside, there are 300 square meters of garden, a 40-square-meter terrace, a wine cellar, and two parking spaces.
That works out to about 4,400 euros per square meter, 75% more than the average price for homes in Santa Marinella, which stood at around 2,500 euros in July 2026.
However, it is not among the most expensive villas in the Rome area, nor is it among the million-euro homes along the coast: on the same stretch of coastline, some are asking 2.2 million for a 158-square-meter villa right on the water’s edge.
On the luxury real estate market near Rome, it remains a collector’s item, but renovations are to be expected: its energy efficiency rating is G.
From Bogart to Sordi: Why Santa Marinella Was the “Hollywood of the Tyrrhenian Sea” (and How to Get There from Rome)
Rossellini and Bergman weren’t alone in Santa Marinella. The couple’s estate attracted the cream of the film world, so much so that the town earned the nickname “Hollywood on the Tyrrhenian Sea.”
Bogart and Lauren Bacall used to visit here, Gassman was a regular, and Alberto Sordi had his residence in Capo Linaro.
