GRAND HOTEL RIMINI

MONUMENTS PROVINCE OF RIMINI

MONUMENTS RIMINI

The Grand Hotel

During the belle époque Rimini was frequented by a very refined clientele, coming either from Italy or from foreign countries. The Municipality of Rimini gave the management of the bathing establishments to a Milanese company which had also to build a large hotel. Thus was built the superb Grand Hotel of Rimini, designed in modern style by the architect Paolo Somazzi and immortalized by the famous director Federico Fellini in his masterpiece Amarcord. The Grand Hotel opened in July 1908 and twelve years later took fire. Built near the beach, the Grand Hotel had four floors with two hundred rooms and a private bathing establishment. The Milanese company provided also the surroundings with an excellent network of illuminated roads and with numerous sports grounds, creating an extremely refined and pleasant spot.