Hotel Bristol Palace is a 4-star Luxury hotel in

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on Via XX Settembre.

History

The hotel was designed by Dario Carbone and built in 1905. During World War 2, it housed the German command. At the end of the war, it housed the

National Liberation Committee The National Liberation Committee ( it, Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale, CLN) was a political umbrella organization and the main representative of the Italian resistance movement fighting against Nazi Germany’s forces during the German occup ...

. The hotel has hosted famous and notable guests such as the Emperor of Japan Hirohito and the writers

Edmondo De Amicis Edmondo De Amicis (; 21 October 1846 – 11 March 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer. His best-known book is ''Cuore'', a children's novel translated into English as ''Heart''. Early career Born in Oneglia (to ...

Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power ...

and Gabriele D'Annunzio. In 1926, Alfred Hitchcock stayed in the hotel during the filming '' The Pleasure Garden''.Bruno Viani
"Genova, 85 anni davanti alla cinepresa"
, ''

Il Secolo XIX ''Il Secolo XIX'' ( ) is an Italian newspaper published in Genoa, Italy, founded in March 1886, subsequently acquired by Ferdinando Maria Perrone in 1897 from Ansaldo. It is one of the first Italian newspapers to be printed in colour. On 16 J ...

'', 29 March 2011 The hotel is managed by Gruppo Duetorrihotels Spa.

Gallery

File:Hotel Bristol sign.jpg, Sign of the Hotel File:Hotel Bristol Palace, Genoa, Italy photographed in 2016 258A8230.jpg, The staircase in the hotel, photographed from the 5th floor in 2016 File:Hotel Bristol Palace, Genoa, Italy photographed in 2016 258A8242.jpg, The staircase in the hotel, photographed from the ground floor looking up in 2016 File:Hotel Bristol Palace, Genoa, Italy photographed in 2016 258A8231.jpg, The staircase in the hotel, photographed from the second floor looking down in 2016 File:Hotel_Bristol_Palace,_Genoa,_Italy_photographed_in_2016_258A8216.jpg, Room in the hotel, photographed in 2016 File:Hotel_Bristol_Palace,_Genoa,_Italy_photographed_in_2016_258A8215.jpg, Room in the hotel, photographed in 2016 File:Hotel Bristol Palace, Genoa, Italy photographed in 2016 258A8212.jpg, Room in the hotel, photographed in 2016 File:Hotel Bristol Palace, Genoa, Italy photographed in 2016 258A8232.jpg, Exterior view

References

External links

Official web site
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