Grand Hotel Misurina
The Grand Hotel Misurina is a historic luxury hotel located on the shores of Lake Misurina in the Dolomites, Italy.
History
The hotel was built between 1896 and 1899 on the shores of Lake Misurina by a partnership formed by Angelo Barnabò, Osvaldo Bombassei, Vittore Da Vià, Giovanni Perini, Aldo Apollonio and Joseph Rohracher. Inaugurated as a luxury hotel, it hosted Queen Margherita for about a month in July 1900, shortly after the assassination of her husband, Umberto I of Italy. During her stay, the queen witnessed the completion of the nearby Chapel of Our Lady of Health. After the royal stay, the name of the hotel was changed into Grand Hotel Savoia. During World War I, the building housed the Italian military command engaged in the battle on nearby Monte Piana and suffered some damage and loss of furniture.Restored and renamed after the war as Grand Hotel delle Alpi e Misurina, the building hosted several other distinguished guests, including Prince Umberto in 1926, Italo Balbo and Guglielmo Marconi in 1932, as well as writer Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1935.
The establishment served as a hotel until 1940. In the postwar period it was purchased by the Diocese of Parma and operated as a sanatorium from the 1950s until 2022.