The most expensive house in Dubai, “The Marble Palace”, was recently listed by Sotheby’s International Realty for $204 million. Located on an area of 70,000 square feet, with 60,000 square feet of built-up space, it is one of the largest villas in the exclusive Emirates Hills district and was designed as a copy of the Parisian palaces of the Belle Époque.

For this, it presents a neoclassical facade, as well as sumptuous interiors, rich in ornaments and other details of extra-luxury, including 700 thousand sheets of gold leaf gilding, 160 marble columns, two glass domes carved by hand, a koi pond, an indoor pool, a steam room, a sauna, a 24-carat gold jacuzzi, a 2,153-square-foot equipped gym and a garage for sixteen cars. In the formal dining room, on the first floor, there is also a huge coral reef installation and a large crystal dining table.