Londonskaya Hotel, Four-star hotel and cultural heritage site in central Odesa, Ukraine.
The Londonskaya Hotel occupies a building at Prymorskyi Boulevard 11, constructed between 1826 and 1828 as a private residence by architect Francesco Boffo in the early Italian Renaissance style. Its facade, remodeled in 1899–1900 by architect J.M. Dmitrenko, faces the boulevard. The hotel belongs to the same company as the nearby Bristol Hotel.
French confectioner Jean-Batiste Karuta founded the hotel in 1846 on the site of a private residence designed by architect Francesco Boffo in 1828. In 1899, architect J.M. Dmitrenko carried out major renovations that preserved the early Italian Renaissance characteristics.
The hotel's name was chosen by founder Jean-Batiste Karuta because French patriotic names were already taken by other Odesa hotels, so he turned to England. In winter 1918–1919 the Russian politician Vasily Shulgin occupied room 17 and two adjoining rooms, one used as his salon and the other housing his secret counter-intelligence group "Azbuka". The jury of the first Golden Duke international film festival stayed here, among them Marcello Mastroianni, Nikita Mikhalkov and Oleg Yankovsky.
The hotel stands at Prymorskyi Boulevard 11, on the boulevard's upper side facing the sea; the entrance is at street level. It shares ownership with the nearby Bristol Hotel, roughly twice its size, which can serve as an orientation landmark. The building is a designated cultural heritage site of Ukraine.
The building preserves early Italian Renaissance features despite multiple modernizations throughout its history. This architectural continuity makes it a rare example of maintaining a harmonious style over more than 150 years.
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