“Give me a wall!” said Picasso in 1962, when he visited the chateau. Five engraved floor-to-ceiling frescos adorn the terrace walls of this iconic property, on the market with Uzès Sotheby’s.

On the market with Savills, the family home is set in the enclave of Ilchester Place, on London’s most expensive street, and the property backs directly on to Holland Park.

Following reports that property searches in the Cotswolds have doubled in the last year, we don’t expect this Knight Frank property will sit on the market for long.

On the market with Mott and Chace Sotheby’s, Bois Doré was built in 1927 by famed New York architect Charles A. Platt and is one of the last gilded age mansions in Newport, R.I.

On the market with The Agency, Villa Ruchello sits on 3.35 lush acres in Santa Monica, surrounded by rolling lawns, gardens and citrus groves.

On the market with Savills, Ffynone was designed by Royal architect John Nash and the 18th century house is considered one of his “finest private works”, and is one of 3 remaining Welsh estates designed by the architect.

The striking residence is described as ‘Palladian villa meets St Peter’s, Rome’, flanking a large oval piazza accessible from the main piazza of the town of Bagheria, once a summer retreat of Palermo's aristocracy

Designed by Hungarian architect Antti Lovag, the Bubble Palace is a property that looks like something you’d find on Tatoonie in the StarWars universe, or something we may very well one day see on Mars.

At the time it was listed, Wildenstein was facing up to 2 years in prison and a substantial fine for an alleged $600M inheritance fraud, considered one of the biggest tax fraud trials ever held in France. He was cleared of all charges - twice - but its a cautionary tale of French inheritance laws.

In 1915, George Elkins took a trip to England where he visited his friend, the Duke of Sutherland at Sutton Place in Surrey. His time at the estate inspired him so much that he decided to build his own Tudor estate modelled after Sutton Place, with elements imported from England.