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No one bid on this Italian villa with the world's only known Caravaggio ceiling mural

The Villa Aurora in Rome is on the market and almost has it all: lush gardens, colorful frescos and the only known ceiling mural painted by Baroque master Caravaggio. The one thing it lacks: a bidder.
The Villa Aurora in Rome housing the only mural by Caravaggio failed to find a bidder in an auction Tuesday.

The Villa Aurora in Rome is on the market and almost has it all: lush gardens dotted with statues of Roman deities, more than one colorful fresco and the only known ceiling mural painted by Baroque master Caravaggio. The only thing it doesn't have? A bidder.

The 30,000-square-foot, 16th-century villa

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