Private island 4 miles from Venice with 200-year-old fort up for sale for £4.7m…but it’s smaller than football pitch

NewsWorld News A PRIVATE island boasting a formidable Napoleonic fort and plush gardens could be all yours… for £4.7 million. A luxury estate agent has described the purchase of this 19th-century fort as a “unprecedented opportunity” allowing the ownership of an “entire island”. The island boasts a restored Napoleonic fortress, idyllic gardens and two boat moorings Credit: SWNS The island has a 215-sqm restored Napoleonic fortress Credit: SWNS The island is a sprawling estate, measuring 5,700 sqm with its own restored fortress and residential buildings. It even has idyllic gardens and two boat moorings for avid sailors to venture out to the south-eastern end of the Burano swamp and the Crevan canal. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! It’s even been said to be easily accessible by a plane. The Island of Crevan is located in a glittering Venetian lagoon which boasts jaw-dropping vistas of Venice, Murano, and Burano, marking the property as “an unparalleled treasure.” In 1806, Crevan Island was under French rule and it was only at the beginning of this century during Napoleonic domination that more information about it was revealed. The purpose of it was to act as a military reinforcement on the northern shoreline of the Venetian lagoon to protect it. Some 60 years later, Royal Italy took control of the building. The island boasts of spectacular views of Venice, Murano and Burano Credit: SWNS The island can be easily accessible by air or water Credit: SWNS The island suffered a period of abandonment before its military buildings and outbuildings were converted for residents in 1996. Most read in The Sun Another piece of history in “splendid shape” includes a 1898 lugger moored in the marina. Now, private owners have turned this into a remote paradise, with the fort now transformed into a small villa with a vegetable garden. Founder and CEO of Lionard Luxury Real Estate, Dimitri Corti, said: “In ultra-prime real estate, a private island represents one of the purest expressions of ownership: its boundary is not a wall, but the horizon. “Crevan offers the privilege of withdrawing from the world without leaving behind the universal allure of Venice.” “What is acquired is not simply a residence and a piece of land, but space, privacy, and an entire landscape to preserve.” Comment now