JENNIFER ANISTON - PITT WANTS ITALIAN PAD NEAR CLOONEY

Celebrity couple JENNIFER ANISTON and BRAD PITT are desperate to join Hollywood hunk GEORGE CLOONEY in Europe.

Pitt was so impressed with fashion designer DONATELLA VERSACE's luxurious home in Bellagio, Italy that he convinced his OCEAN'S ELEVEN co-star Clooney to buy an extravagant mansion there and is now looking for his own villa with his actress wife, after their lavish Californian home was recently threatened by an out-of-control fire.

The TROY hunk confesses, "Europe is a great place for the kids to grow up. The world looks a different place from here. Jen also likes Europe, so we'll be looking for a place soon. We can't keep just talking about it."

A close friend says, "Brad and Jennifer love Italy's Lake Como and really fancy buying a home along the shoreline."