Grand Hotel de Londres, Palace in Naples, Italy.
The Grand Hotel de Londres is a palace on Piazza Municipio in Naples, built between 1895 and 1899 to Giovan Battista Comencini's design. Its sober neo-Renaissance facade, with metal structural elements that were innovative at the time, opened the Neapolitan Liberty current. The hotel once had 100 rooms and salons facing full midday light; it now houses the regional administrative court of Campania.
Designed by Giovan Battista Comencini for the Società Veneta, the building was constructed between 1895 and 1899 during the redevelopment of Piazza Municipio and the unhealthy Corsea district, today's Carità quarter. It opened as the Grand Hotel de Londres, with 100 rooms and salons, owned by Delvitto, Poggiani and Campione. Since then it has housed the regional administrative court of Campania.
The hotel's 1897 advertising poster by Giovanni Maria Mataloni highlighted its lift, electric lighting, winter garden and post office. The building is now the seat of the Regional Administrative Court of Campania. Its name recalls the British capital, a common choice for grand hotels of the era.
The palace faces Piazza Municipio, where the city's main bus and metro lines converge. It now houses the regional administrative court of Campania, so the former hotel interiors are not open to tourists; the facade and metal-framed structure are best seen from the square outside.
The building now houses the Regional Administrative Court of Campania, so the former hotel rooms and salons serve as court offices rather than being open to visitors. The 1897 advertising poster by Giovanni Maria Mataloni promoted the lift, electric lighting, winter garden and post office, novelties for a Naples hotel of that time.
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