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Grand Hotel (Locarno)
{{Short description|Hotel in Locarno, Switzerland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

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'''The Grand Hotel''' is a hotel in [[Locarno]], [[Ticino]], Switzerland, first opened in 1876.

==History==
The Grand Hotel was opened in the Swiss resort town of Locarno in 1876,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cultur...-everything-began/45167526|title=Swissinfo.ch: The Grand Hotel Locarno – where it all began|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> following the opening of the [[Gotthard Tunnel]] and the [[Locarno railway station|railway station]] in Locarno.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/bei...o-soll-wiederbelebt-werden|title=Historisches Grand Hotel Locarno soll wiederbelebt warden|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> It was built to a design by Francesco Galli.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/bei...o-soll-wiederbelebt-werden|title=Historisches Grand Hotel Locarno soll wiederbelebt warden|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> Until the hotel closed in 2005, it had a station on the [[Locarno-Madonna del Sasso funicular]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.erih.net/i-want-to-go-there/site/locarno-madonna-del-sasso-funicular|title=European Route of Industrial Heritage|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>

In 1925 the hotel hosted the negotiations of the [[Locarno Treaties]] that were intended to guarantee peace after the First World War.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cultur...-everything-began/45167526|title=Swissinfo.ch: The Grand Hotel Locarno – where it all began|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>

A new film festival in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland was planned, to counter the [[Venice Film Festival|one begun in 1932]] in [[Venice]] as being too closely related to the Fascist regime.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cultur...-everything-began/45167526|title=Swissinfo.ch: The Grand Hotel Locarno – where it all began|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> In 1934 this took place in [[Lugano]].<ref>Cordoba, Cyril, "From the Grand Hotel to the Piazza Grande: The Locarno Film Festival's Quest for Legitimacy", ''Journal of Festive Studies'', Vol 4, 2022, 23-46: 26.</ref> In 1946 some trees needed to be cut down to create an open air theatre in Lugano for the screen, but local opposition meant that the film festival was moved to the garden of the Grand Hotel in Locarno.<ref>Cordoba, Cyril, "From the Grand Hotel to the Piazza Grande: The Locarno Film Festival's Quest for Legitimacy", ''Journal of Festive Studies'', Vol 4, 2022, 23-46: 26.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cultur...-everything-began/45167526|title=Swissinfo.ch: The Grand Hotel Locarno – where it all began|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> After the last screening of the evening, parties would continue by the swimming pool late into the night.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cultur...-everything-began/45167526|title=Swissinfo.ch: The Grand Hotel Locarno – where it all began|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> The screen was eight by seven metres, and there was seating for 1,200, subsequently increased to 1,500 and then 2,000.<ref>Cordoba, Cyril, "From the Grand Hotel to the Piazza Grande: The Locarno Film Festival's Quest for Legitimacy", ''Journal of Festive Studies'', Vol 4, 2022, 23-46: 26.</ref> The hotel remained the location of the film festival until 1971, when it was moved to the Piazza Grande in the centre of town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cultur...-everything-began/45167526|title=Swissinfo.ch: The Grand Hotel Locarno – where it all began|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>

In 2005 the hotel closed. The furniture was sold, with exception of the gigantic [[Murano glass|Murano]] chandelier in the hall, long considered to be the biggest in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cultur...-everything-began/45167526|title=Swissinfo.ch: The Grand Hotel Locarno – where it all began|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> Six restoration projects were proposed, without implementation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/bei...o-soll-wiederbelebt-werden|title=Historisches Grand Hotel Locarno soll wiederbelebt warden|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cultur...-everything-began/45167526|title=Swissinfo.ch: The Grand Hotel Locarno – where it all began|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> In 2022 the Artisa real estate group of Stefano and Alain Artioli commenced a comprehensive renovation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/bei...o-soll-wiederbelebt-werden|title=Historisches Grand Hotel Locarno soll wiederbelebt warden|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> costing 100 million Euros.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.urbex.nl/grand-hotel-locarno/|title=Urbex: Grand Hotel, Locarno|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> With the renovations, the hotel will become 5-star, with three restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/bei...o-soll-wiederbelebt-werden|title=Historisches Grand Hotel Locarno soll wiederbelebt warden|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> Reopening is due to occur in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/bei...o-soll-wiederbelebt-werden|title=Historisches Grand Hotel Locarno soll wiederbelebt warden|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>

==Cultural references==
The hotel was the subject of the short film ''Grand Hotel'' by Giulio Pettenò in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/cultur...-everything-began/45167526|title=Swissinfo.ch: The Grand Hotel Locarno – where it all began|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Hotels in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ticino]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Switzerland]]

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