ANON. Corso Hotel, Milan.
Original hotel luggage label, c.1910. 115 x 150 mm.
The hotel was opened in 1905 on the Via Corso V. Emanuele very near Milan Cathedral. It was built in Art Nouveau style and was designed by Architects Angelo Cattaneo and Giacomo Santamaria.
The building also housed the Trianon theatre and cinema. During the second World War the hotel was badly damaged by bombing and was demolished in 1954. The façade of the building however was carefully removed and was rebuilt and incorporated in a modern building on Piazetta Del Liberty.
Rare.
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