VERDI'S FAVOURITE HANGOUT: GRAND HOTEL ET DE MILAN
With the celebrated Milan Fashion Week going ahead as planned (22-28 February 2022) and with a gradual lessening of pandemic precautions, the Grand Hotel et de Milan is repolishing its image to welcome the celebrities who will take advantage of its convenient position next to the city's fashion centre.
Milan's most prestigious hotel, numbered among the Leading Hotels of the World, has a time-honoured tradition in welcoming celebrities. The guest list during its two centuries of history have included Giuseppe Verdi, (who wrote both “Nabucco” and “Otello” while in residence there. His suite has been preserved) Enrico Caruso, Maria Callas, Richard Burton, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, Tamara de Lampicka and Vittorio de Sica – to mention just a few.
First built in 1831, in the style of an elegant private aristocratic residence in the heart of the city, near La Scala theatre. It acquired special important at the end of the century as it was the only one that offered a postal and telegraph service. Restructuring work carried out in 1990 and 1993 brought to light parts of a 3rd century AD Roman defence wall. The remains have been preserved in the wine cellar at the prestigious Don Carlos restaurant.
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