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The '''Hotel Belvédère''' is a historic hotel located on the [[Furka Pass]] road, near the [[Rhône Glacier]], in the municipal territory of [[Obergoms]] ([[Valais|VS]]), in [[Switzerland]].
==History==
The [[Furka Pass]] road was opened between 1866 and 1867. This road connects the [[Valais|Valais valley]] to the [[Canton of Uri|Uranaise valley]] previously cut by the Furkastock. In 1882, Josef Seiler built a lodge located in a hairpin created by the road<ref name=":0">{{cite web|language=fr|author=Daniela Gschweng|title=Hôtel Belvédère : Témoin d'une autre époque (Hôtel Belvédère: Witness to another era)|url=https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/temoi...ccess-date=2019-09-14|archive-date=2022-10-04}}</ref>. The beginnings are difficult for the lodge. It then expanded for the first time in 1890 to become a hotel. The construction of a gable roof with two additional floors gave the hotel its current appearance but the rooms, then without electricity or running water, were still relatively spartan<ref name=":0" />.
[[File:Előtérben a Hotel Belvedere. Fortepan 17757.jpg|thumb|Hotel Belvédère and the [[Rhône Glacier]] in 1905.]]
In 1903, the building received a second transformation which propelled it into the [[Belle Époque]] and its first hours of glory. The hotel then became a luxury place and very popular for its panoramic location over the valley and the [[Rhône Glacier]] located, at the time, a few hundred meters from the road. The number of beds in 1907 then rose to 90<ref>{{cite web|language=en|author=Kaushik Patowary|title=Hotel Belvédère: The Iconic Swiss Hotel on The Edge of The Rhone Glacier|url=https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/...-at.html|access-url=free|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=2022-10-04}}</ref>.
During the first half of the 20th century, attendance at the Rhône glacier and the hotel continued to increase due to the arrival of the [[PostBus Switzerland|postal bus]] in 1921 and the opening of two new railway lines: the ''Furka Oberalp Railway'' and the ''[[Glacier Express]]'' in 1930. At that time, the fashion was then to [[Mountaineering|mountain climbing]]. The walkers then give way to hikers who use the place as a starting point for hikes.
The hotel experienced a new boom after the [[World War II]] with the rise of the personal automobile. The hotel then becomes a destination for excursions to admire the Rhône glacier. The place then regularly welcomes prestigious visitors (the [[Pope John XXIII]] or [[Sean Connery]]).
Although the hotel became cult following its appearance in the [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] film ''[[Goldfinger]]'' in 1964<ref>[https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/26/belvedere-hotel/ Belvédère Hotel: The abandoned jewel of the Swiss Alps that played a part in "Goldfinger", and was a favorite stop for Sean Connery]</ref>, hotel attendance decreased sharply during the second half of the 20th century: with automobile progress, crossing the Alpine passes was easily done in one day, leading tourists to do only one trip. short stop. In addition, the [[Rhône Glacier]] had retreated more than a kilometer from the Belvedere, the view of it from the hotel became less spectacular<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-swiss-idUSKBN1XZ0UB New photos vs old: comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat]</ref>. The hotel closed for the first time in 1980 and was purchased by the {{ill|State Council of the canton of Valais|fr|Conseil d'État du canton du Valais}} with the idea of building a dam there which ultimately never happened<ref>{{cite web|language=de|author=1815|title=Hotel Belvédère in Gletsch bleibt geschlossen|url=https://www.1815.ch/news/wallis/aktuell/hotel-belvedere-bleibt-geschlossen/ |archive-url=free|access-date=July 1, 2015|archive-date=2022-10-04}}</ref>. The hotel was then bought in 1988 by the Carlen family who restored the building to its original state and reopened it in 1990. However, the hotel has been closed again since 2015<ref>[https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/temoin-d-une-autre-epoque-862571330509 Witness to another era]</ref>.
==Gallery==
[[File:Hotel Belvedere Furkapass 1983.jpg|thumb|Hotel Belvédère in 1983, during its first closure, from 1980 to 1990.]]
[[File
icswiss VS-64-02 Hôtel Belvédère Col de la Furka.jpg|thumb|Hotel Belvédère in 2004]]
[[File:Oberwald Belvedere.jpg|thumb|Hotel Belvédère and the [[Muttgletscher]] in 2007]]
[[File:BELVEDERE DEL RODANO PASSO FURKA - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Hôtel Belvédère in 2009]]
[[File:Hotel Belvedere Furka Valais (214611875).jpeg|thumb|In 2017, the Belvédère Hotel was closed again (since 2015)]]
[[File:Belvedere Galenhütten Dia 348-05109.jpg|thumb|View of the location of the Hotel Belvédère on the [[Furka Pass]] (2018)]]
[[File:Hôtel Belvedere.jpg|thumb|Hôtel Belvédère in 2019]]
[[File:CH-NB Photoglob-Wehrli EAD-WEHR-12067-B.tif|thumb|Hotel Belvédère in 1910]]
[[File:CH-NB Photoglob-Wehrli EAD-WEHR-28721-B.tif|thumb|On the right the hotel, in 1919, behind it and on the left the glacier, behind it the mountain]]
[[File:CH-NB Photoglob-Wehrli EAD-WEHR-28724-B.tif|thumb|On the right the hotel, in 1919, on the left the glacier, behind it the mountain, on the right the road]]
==Tributes==
* The hotel is visible in the third episode of the adventures of [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] ''[[Goldfinger]]'', from 1964, directed by [[Guy Hamilton]].
* The hotel is visible on the cover of the book ''Accidentally Wes Anderson'' by Wally Koval<ref>{{cite web|language=en|author=Esthy Rüdiger|title=Why the famous Belvédère hotel at Furka pass may close forever|access-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://www.nzz.ch/english/why-the-...6737|archive-date=2022-10-04|archive-url=free}}</ref>.
==Appendices==
===Notes and references===
<references/>
===Related articles===
===External link===
{{Autres projets|commons =Category:Hotel Belvédère (Furkapass)}}
* [
Vidéo de l’hôtel depuis son abandon avec toute l’histoire du lieu]
* {{de}} [http://www.gletscher.ch Belvédère (Official site)]
* {{de}} [https://www.1815.ch/news/wallis/aktuell/hotel-belvedere-bleibt-geschlossen/ Hotel Belvédère in Gletsch bleibt geschlossen]
* {{en}} [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hotel-belvedere-2 Hotel Belvédère]
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{{Infobox monument
| name = Belvedere Hotel
| native_name = Hôtel Belvédère
| image = Belvedere Furka.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = The Belvédère Hotel in 2018.
| location = Furkastrasse 378, 3999, [[Obergoms]], [[Goms District]], [[Valais]], [[Switzerland]]
| mapframe =
| designer = [[Josef Seiler]]
| type =
| material =
| length =
| width =
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| visitors_num =
| visitors_year =
| begin = CE.1882
| complete = CE.1890 and 1903
| dedicated =
| open =
| restore =
| dismantled = CE.2015
| dedicated_to =
| map_name =
| map_text =
| map_width =
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| coordinates = {{coord|46|34|36.052|N|8|23|18.240|E|region:ES_type:landmark|display=inline}}
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The '''Hotel Belvédère''' is a historic hotel located on the [[Furka Pass]] road, near the [[Rhône Glacier]], in the municipal territory of [[Obergoms]] ([[Valais|VS]]), in [[Switzerland]].
==History==
The [[Furka Pass]] road was opened between 1866 and 1867. This road connects the [[Valais|Valais valley]] to the [[Canton of Uri|Uranaise valley]] previously cut by the Furkastock. In 1882, Josef Seiler built a lodge located in a hairpin created by the road<ref name=":0">{{cite web|language=fr|author=Daniela Gschweng|title=Hôtel Belvédère : Témoin d'une autre époque (Hôtel Belvédère: Witness to another era)|url=https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/temoi...ccess-date=2019-09-14|archive-date=2022-10-04}}</ref>. The beginnings are difficult for the lodge. It then expanded for the first time in 1890 to become a hotel. The construction of a gable roof with two additional floors gave the hotel its current appearance but the rooms, then without electricity or running water, were still relatively spartan<ref name=":0" />.
[[File:Előtérben a Hotel Belvedere. Fortepan 17757.jpg|thumb|Hotel Belvédère and the [[Rhône Glacier]] in 1905.]]
In 1903, the building received a second transformation which propelled it into the [[Belle Époque]] and its first hours of glory. The hotel then became a luxury place and very popular for its panoramic location over the valley and the [[Rhône Glacier]] located, at the time, a few hundred meters from the road. The number of beds in 1907 then rose to 90<ref>{{cite web|language=en|author=Kaushik Patowary|title=Hotel Belvédère: The Iconic Swiss Hotel on The Edge of The Rhone Glacier|url=https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/...-at.html|access-url=free|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=2022-10-04}}</ref>.
During the first half of the 20th century, attendance at the Rhône glacier and the hotel continued to increase due to the arrival of the [[PostBus Switzerland|postal bus]] in 1921 and the opening of two new railway lines: the ''Furka Oberalp Railway'' and the ''[[Glacier Express]]'' in 1930. At that time, the fashion was then to [[Mountaineering|mountain climbing]]. The walkers then give way to hikers who use the place as a starting point for hikes.
The hotel experienced a new boom after the [[World War II]] with the rise of the personal automobile. The hotel then becomes a destination for excursions to admire the Rhône glacier. The place then regularly welcomes prestigious visitors (the [[Pope John XXIII]] or [[Sean Connery]]).
Although the hotel became cult following its appearance in the [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] film ''[[Goldfinger]]'' in 1964<ref>[https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/26/belvedere-hotel/ Belvédère Hotel: The abandoned jewel of the Swiss Alps that played a part in "Goldfinger", and was a favorite stop for Sean Connery]</ref>, hotel attendance decreased sharply during the second half of the 20th century: with automobile progress, crossing the Alpine passes was easily done in one day, leading tourists to do only one trip. short stop. In addition, the [[Rhône Glacier]] had retreated more than a kilometer from the Belvedere, the view of it from the hotel became less spectacular<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-swiss-idUSKBN1XZ0UB New photos vs old: comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat]</ref>. The hotel closed for the first time in 1980 and was purchased by the {{ill|State Council of the canton of Valais|fr|Conseil d'État du canton du Valais}} with the idea of building a dam there which ultimately never happened<ref>{{cite web|language=de|author=1815|title=Hotel Belvédère in Gletsch bleibt geschlossen|url=https://www.1815.ch/news/wallis/aktuell/hotel-belvedere-bleibt-geschlossen/ |archive-url=free|access-date=July 1, 2015|archive-date=2022-10-04}}</ref>. The hotel was then bought in 1988 by the Carlen family who restored the building to its original state and reopened it in 1990. However, the hotel has been closed again since 2015<ref>[https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/temoin-d-une-autre-epoque-862571330509 Witness to another era]</ref>.
==Gallery==
[[File:Hotel Belvedere Furkapass 1983.jpg|thumb|Hotel Belvédère in 1983, during its first closure, from 1980 to 1990.]]
[[File
icswiss VS-64-02 Hôtel Belvédère Col de la Furka.jpg|thumb|Hotel Belvédère in 2004]][[File:Oberwald Belvedere.jpg|thumb|Hotel Belvédère and the [[Muttgletscher]] in 2007]]
[[File:BELVEDERE DEL RODANO PASSO FURKA - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Hôtel Belvédère in 2009]]
[[File:Hotel Belvedere Furka Valais (214611875).jpeg|thumb|In 2017, the Belvédère Hotel was closed again (since 2015)]]
[[File:Belvedere Galenhütten Dia 348-05109.jpg|thumb|View of the location of the Hotel Belvédère on the [[Furka Pass]] (2018)]]
[[File:Hôtel Belvedere.jpg|thumb|Hôtel Belvédère in 2019]]
[[File:CH-NB Photoglob-Wehrli EAD-WEHR-12067-B.tif|thumb|Hotel Belvédère in 1910]]
[[File:CH-NB Photoglob-Wehrli EAD-WEHR-28721-B.tif|thumb|On the right the hotel, in 1919, behind it and on the left the glacier, behind it the mountain]]
[[File:CH-NB Photoglob-Wehrli EAD-WEHR-28724-B.tif|thumb|On the right the hotel, in 1919, on the left the glacier, behind it the mountain, on the right the road]]
==Tributes==
* The hotel is visible in the third episode of the adventures of [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] ''[[Goldfinger]]'', from 1964, directed by [[Guy Hamilton]].
* The hotel is visible on the cover of the book ''Accidentally Wes Anderson'' by Wally Koval<ref>{{cite web|language=en|author=Esthy Rüdiger|title=Why the famous Belvédère hotel at Furka pass may close forever|access-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://www.nzz.ch/english/why-the-...6737|archive-date=2022-10-04|archive-url=free}}</ref>.
==Appendices==
===Notes and references===
<references/>
===Related articles===
===External link===
{{Autres projets|commons =Category:Hotel Belvédère (Furkapass)}}
* [
* {{de}} [http://www.gletscher.ch Belvédère (Official site)]
* {{de}} [https://www.1815.ch/news/wallis/aktuell/hotel-belvedere-bleibt-geschlossen/ Hotel Belvédère in Gletsch bleibt geschlossen]
* {{en}} [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hotel-belvedere-2 Hotel Belvédère]
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[[Category:Hotel in Switzerland]]
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