Grand Hotel Europe

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The Grand Hotel Europe ( Russian Гранд Оте́ль Евро́па ) is a luxury hotel in the Russian metropolis of Saint Petersburg . It has existed since 1875 and is still one of the most famous and distinguished hotels in Russia. The hotel building is also a striking architectural monument from the 19th century.

The hotel is located in downtown Petersburg near Nevsky Prospect on the Mikhailovskaya side street.

history

The Grand Hotel Europe in the 19th century
The Grand hôtel d'Europe (1900) at Carl Oswald Bulla
Share of St. Petersburg AG "Hotel Europe" from 1873

The hotel building was originally built as an apartment building at the end of the 18th century, which stood directly on Nevsky Prospect. The first stone building was built between 1823 and 1825 with the architects AI Postnikow and PI Haberzettl. By 1830, the building was supplemented by an extension on Mikhailovskaya Street and given a common facade designed by the renowned Petersburg architect Carlo Rossi .

At the beginning of the 1870s, the building was acquired by the newly founded joint-stock company Hotel Jewropeiskaja and fundamentally rebuilt in 1873–1875. At this time, the building in its current form was created in an Art Nouveau style based on a design by the architect Ludwig Fontana . It was opened as the Grand hôtel d'Europe (or Jewropeiskaya ) on January 28, 1875. In 1905 the hotel was partially rebuilt with the establishment of the Jewropa restaurant . From 1906–1907 Vladimir Alexejewitsch Schchuko designed the café on the ground floor . From 1907 until the beginning of the First World War , Fredrik Lidvall carried out renovation and renovation work. The main staircase was redesigned, a hall in the main floor emerged and a reading room, and a fifth floor with mansard roof for a rooftop restaurant Kryscha was drafted.

After the October Revolution in Russia, the hotel, like all other companies, was nationalized and for a time served as an administrative building and a hostel for street children. Later it was converted back into a hotel, which, however, offered only a comparatively modest level of comfort. During the Leningrad blockade in the early 1940s, a military hospital with around 1,300 beds was set up here. Only after the end of the war was the building used again as a hotel after a renovation.

From 1989-1991 the Jewropeiskaya was completely modernized by Viktorija Emmanuilowna Strusman and brought to the standard of a five-star hotel . In December 1991 it reopened its doors as the Grand Hotel Europe . Since then it has had around 300 rooms, all of which are in the top price range and are exclusively equipped. The cheapest room costs about 320 euros per person per night; the most expensive apartments cost up to 3700 euros. The house also houses seven exclusive restaurants. The hotel was at times a member of the Leading Hotels of the World .

Famous guests

Web links

Commons : Grand Hotel Europe  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saint Petersburg Encyclopaedia: Grand Hotel Europe (accessed December 8, 2019).
  2. ↑ Grand Hotel Europe | St Petersburg, Russia , fivestaralliance.com
  3. ↑ Grand Hotel Europe , The Leading Hotels of the World, lhw.com - former website ( Memento from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 59 ° 56 ′ 8.6 ″  N , 30 ° 19 ′ 49.3 ″  E