U.S. princess evicted from Rome villa famed for Caravaggio fresco

FILE PHOTO: Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi poses for a photograph outside Villa Aurora, a building that boasts Caravaggio's only ceiling mural, which is up for auction in January with an opening bid set at 471 million euros, in Rome, Italy, November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - A U.S.-born princess was evicted on Thursday from a Roman villa featuring the only known fresco by Italian baroque artist Caravaggio, and denounced her ousting as a travesty of justice.

"I am being brutally evicted from a home which I have lovingly taken care of for the past 20 years," Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi said on Twitter shortly before leaving her home along with her four small dogs.