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{{Short description|Hotel in Venice, Italy}}
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[[File:Hotel Danieli-dandolo 2012.jpg|thumb|Central wing of Hotel Danieli]]
'''Hotel Danieli''', formerly '''Palazzo Dandolo''', is a 5-star luxury palacial hotel in [[Venice]], Italy. It was built in 1400, by one of the Dandolo families. [[CNN]] cites it as one of the top 5 lavish hotels in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.co.uk/2011/TRAVEL/07/22/opulent.venice/index.html|title=Five lavish hotels in Venice|publisher=[[CNN]]|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref>▼
[[File:Venice(View2).JPG|thumb|All three wings of Hotel Danieli, viewed from Saint Mark's Basin]]
In 2010, extensive footage was shot at the hotel for the ''[[The Tourist (2010 film)|The Tourist]]'', starring [[Johnny Depp]] and [[Angelina Jolie]].
▲The '''Hotel Danieli''', formerly '''Palazzo Dandolo''', is a 5palatial five-star luxury palacial hotel in [[Venice]], Italy. ItThe central wing of the hotel was built inas the '''Palazzo Dandolo''' at the end of the 14th 1400century, by one of the [[Dandolo]] families. [[CNN]] cites it as one of the top 5five "lavish hotels" in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.co.uk/2011/TRAVEL/07/22/opulent.venice/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616001623/http://www.cnn.co.uk/2011/TRAVEL/07/22/opulent.venice/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2013|title=Five lavish hotels in Venice|publisher=[[CNN]]|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref>
 
==Location==
The hotel's main building is locatedthe Palazzo Dandolo,<ref name="Editoriale2005">{{cite book|last=Editoriale|first=Giunti Gruppo|title=Venice. Itineraries, shopping, restaurants, hotels|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPIJGu0V-KEC&pg=PA73|accessdate=8 June 2013|year=2005|publisher=Giunti Editore|isbn=978-88-09-03916-2|pages=73–}}</ref> close to the [[Piazza San Marco|St. Mark’sMark's Square]],<ref name="Sharland2013">{{cite book|author=Elizabeth Sharland|title=Classical Destinations|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=D7a7V4UgK00C&pg=PA1|accessdate=7 June 2013|date=25 February 2013|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-1-4759-7703-5|pages=1–2}}</ref> with a rear facade on the Riva degli Schiavoni's quayside promenade,<ref name="Sherwood2008">{{cite book|last=Sherwood|first=Marie|title=Orient Express Picturesque Travelog|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=nQF7fUWjNMwC&pg=PT27|year=2008|publisher=Wheatmark, Inc.|isbn=978-1-60494-005-3|pages=27–}}</ref> onoverlooking the [[GrandSaint Canal]]Mark's andBasin. It adjoins a number of buildings dated to the 14th and 15th century.<ref name="Moretti2010">{{cite book|author=John Moretti|title=Frommer's Northern Italy: with Venice, Milan and the Lakes|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZpwDLxqASpQC&pg=PA14|date=2 March 2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-64529-1|pages=14–}}</ref> Approach to the hotel is by boat only, and the hotel runs luxury boats from the airport. There are also public ferry boats which are called “[[water taxi]]s.”
 
==History==
[[File:D'sVenezia, palacedanieli, cortile.jpgJPG|thumb|rightleft|Doge'sStaircase palace, next toof the hotel, viewed from the square.palace]]
The structure was built inat the end of the 14th century by the Dandolos, a noble Venetian Dandolo family.<ref name="Moretti2010"/><ref name=History>{{Cite web|url=http://www.danielihotelvenice.com/en/hotel-danieli-history|title=Hotel Danieli:History|accessdate=7 June 2013|publisher=official web site of the Hotel}}</ref> In the early 16th century the building was divided into three properties, onesections for eachdifferent members of the family members. The richly embellished building, which gives the appearance of a single unit from the exterior,<ref name="Sharland2013"/> was then the venue of social gatherings and lavish parties.▼
[[File:Venezia, danieli, cortile.JPG|thumb|right|Staircase of the palace]]
 
▲The structure was built in the 14th century by the noble Venetian Dandolo family.<ref name="Moretti2010"/><ref name=History>{{Cite web|url=http://www.danielihotelvenice.com/en/hotel-danieli-history|title=Hotel Danieli:History|accessdate=7 June 2013|publisher=official web site of the Hotel}}</ref> In the early 16th century the building was divided into three properties, one for each of the family members.
In the 17th century, ownership was with Mocenigosthe Mocenigo and the BernardosBernardo andfamilies theywho continued to hold grand social events. At the wedding celebration of [[Giustiniana Wynne|Giustiniana Mocenigo]] with Lorenzo Giustinian here in 1629, [[Giulio Strozzi]]'s ''[[Monteverdi's lost operas#Proserpina rapita (1630)|Proserpina Rapita]]'' providedwas theperformed with music by [[Monteverdi]]. The buildingstwo families were maintainedstill eventhe duringowners of the declinebuilding at the fall of the [[Venetian Republic]] in 1797.<ref name=History/> HoweverAfter the building had suffered the effects of the city's decline, the Venetian [[Giuseppe Dal Niel]] of [[FruliFriuli]], aknown richas Venetian hotel-keeperDanieli, rented the first floor of the building from 24 October 1822 for his own use and to house his guests.<ref name=History/>In He1824, eventuallyappreciating boughtits thepotential fullas edificea andcentrally convertedlocated itmeeting intoplace, ahe hotelbought andthe namedentire itbuilding, afterlavishly hisrestored nickname,it "Danieli".and Beforeconverted openingit theinto a hotel Dalwhich Nielhe refurbishedappropriately the buildingrenamed lavishly"Danieli".<ref name=History/>▼
The richly embellished building, which gives the appearance of a single unit from the exterior,<ref name="Sharland2013"/> was then the venue of social gatherings and lavish parties.
 
▲In the 17th century, ownership was with Mocenigos and the Bernardos and they continued to hold grand social events. At the wedding celebration of [[Giustiniana Wynne|Giustiniana Mocenigo]] with Lorenzo Giustinian here in 1629, [[Monteverdi]] provided the music. The buildings were maintained even during the decline of the [[Venetian Republic]].<ref name=History/> However, [[Giuseppe Dal Niel]] of [[Fruli]], a rich Venetian hotel-keeper, rented the first floor of the building from 24 October 1822 for his own use and to house his guests.<ref name=History/> He eventually bought the full edifice and converted it into a hotel and named it after his nickname, "Danieli". Before opening the hotel Dal Niel refurbished the building lavishly.
[[File:Naya, Carlo (1816-1882) - n. 88a - Venezia - Riva degli Schiavoni.jpg|thumb|right|Hotel in the late 19th century]]
Many notable artists, writers, musicians and other luminariesmusicians stayed here., Some ofamong them are [[Goethe]], [[Wagner]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Byron]], [[Peggy Guggenheim]], [[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Benjamin Britten]], [[Harrison Ford]], and [[Steven Spielberg]].<ref name="Sharland2013"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/britten-and-the-string-quartet-a-classical-impulse-string-quartet-no3 |title=Britten and the String Quartet: A Classical Impulse – String Quartet No.3 |website=[[Gresham College]] |date=27 June 2013 |accessdate=6 March 2015 }}</ref> [[John Ruskin]] stayed here when he was working on [[The Stones of Venice (book)|''The Stones of Venice'']]. One of the most popular roomrooms in the hotel is room numberNumber 10. whereIt was here that [[Aurore Dudevant]]’s, mistressbetter known as [[George Sand]], andstayed loverwith ofher composerlover [[FredericAlfred de ChopinMusset]] stayed.<ref name="Sharland2013"/> The biography of George Sand, under the section "Love and Genius", brings out the romantic details of their stay in this room. During this period, the famous restaurant, first known then as the Caffè Brigiacco, wascame laterinto changedbeing toamong "Caffèthe Orientale".<refshops name=History/> It was a popularwhich jointdeveloped on the ground floor. inAs the shopping complex, whichit was run by two OrientalistGreek brothers fromwho [[Greece]].<refhad name=History/>a Inliking 1895, when ownershipfor changedoriental handsdress, it waslater againbecame richly decorated with modern facilities suchknown as electricity,the central"Caffè heating and made into a luxury hotelOrientale".<ref name=History/> In the 19th century, private beach access was a feature of the hotel,<ref name=Sherwood2008 /> while guest could use the services of interpreters who were versed in different European languages.<ref name="Bradshaw1887">{{cite book|title=Bradshaw's Monthly Continental Railway, Steam Transit, and General Guide, for Travellers Through Europe|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=w3dKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA852|edition=Public domain|year=1887|publisher=Adams & Sons|pages=852–}}</ref>
 
In the 19th century, private beach access was a feature of the hotel,<ref name=Sherwood2008 /> while guests could use the services of interpreters who were versed in different European languages.<ref name="Bradshaw1887">{{cite book|title=Bradshaw's Monthly Continental Railway, Steam Transit, and General Guide, for Travellers Through Europe|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_w3dKAAAAYAAJ|edition=Public domain|year=1887|publisher=Adams & Sons|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_w3dKAAAAYAAJ/page/n961 852]–}}</ref> In 1895, when the building's ownership changed hands, it was modernized with extensive electrical fittings, lifts and central heating, transforming it into the luxurious "Hotel Royal Danieli".<ref name=History/>
By end of the 19th century, a bridge link was established, connecting it to an adjoining palace. In 1906, the hotel came under the control of Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi, owned by Count [[Giuseppe Volpi]], and was part of four other famous hotels in Venice.<ref name=History/> Further changes to the façade were done under the architect [[Francesco Marsich]]. Finally, from 1946 to 1948 after demolishing many of the buildings in the Palazzo Dandolo and Palazzo delle Prigioni, the hotel was substantially refurbished with a marble façade under [[Virgilio Vallot]].<ref name=History/> The name of the hotel was kept and it became a luxury five star hotel.<ref name=History/>▼
 
▲By end of the 19th century, a bridge link was established, connectingannexing itthe hotel to ana 19th-century adjoining palace. Innow known as the Casa Nuova which became part of the hotel in 1906.<ref name=efidf/> That year, together with four other luxurious hotels in Venice, the hotelDanieli came under the control of Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi (CIGA), owned by Count [[Giuseppe Volpi]], and was part of four other famous hotels in Venice.<ref name=History/> Further changes to the façade were doneundertaken underby the architect [[Francesco Marsich]]. Finally, from 1946 to 1948 after demolishing many of the buildings inbetween the Palazzo Dandolo and the [[Palazzo delle Prigioni]] had been demolished, the hotel was substantially refurbishedextended. The "Danielino" (Little Daniele), a new building with a marble façade underdesigned by [[Virgilio Vallot]].<ref, name=History/> The name ofbecame the hotellast wasaddition keptto and it became a luxury five starthe hotel.<ref name=History/><ref name=efidf/>
In 2010, extensive footage was shot at the hotel for the ''[[The Tourist (2010 film)|The Tourist]]'', starring [[Johnny Depp]] and [[Angelina Jolie]]. The suite which appeared in the film was once lived in by the likes of [[Proust]] and [[Balzac]]; something mentioned in the film.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8192525/The-Tourist-review.html|title=The Tourist, review|publisher=''[[The Telegraph]]''|date=9 December 2010|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref> In one scene, Depp clambered across the roof tiles of the hotel in his [[pajamas]].<ref name="Telegraph"/>▼
 
In 1994, ITT Sheraton purchased a controlling interest in CIGA.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/10/business/company-news-itt-s-sheraton-unit-in-pact-to-buy-ciga-hotels-of-italy.html |title=ITT's Sheraton Unit in Pact To Buy Ciga Hotels of Italy |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 10, 1994 |agency=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> The chain had over-expanded across Europe just as a recession hit, and had been seized from its previous owner, the [[Aga Khan IV|Aga Khan]], by its creditors.<ref>{{cite news| title=How the Aga Khan Stumbled| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978648-1,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022101520/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978648-1,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 22, 2007| magazine=Time| date=June 7, 1993| first=Adam| last=Zagorin| access-date=2007-12-31}}</ref> The hotel Danieli was placed in the ITT Sheraton Luxury Collection. After Sheraton's sale to Starwood in 1998, the chain was renamed The Luxury Collection. Starwood sold the hotel to The Statuto Group in 2005 for 177 million EUR, but retained management of the property.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2005_2nd/May05_Danieli.html | title=Starwood to Sell Historic Hotel Danieli in Venice for Approximately $244 million; Retains Long-term Management Agreement / May 2005 }}</ref> The hotel left The Luxury Collection on January 5, 2023, and will undergo an extensive renovation. When work is completed in 2025, it will be rebranded '''Hotel Danieli, Venezia, A Four Seasons Hotel''',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://press.fourseasons.com/news-releases/2022/new-four-seasons-in-venice/ | title=Four Seasons Arrives in Venice: Luxury Hotel Brand to Expand Italian Portfolio with the Iconic Hotel Danieli }}</ref> managed by [[Four Seasons Hotels]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.travelmarketreport.com/NicheLuxury/articles/The-Four-Seasons-Will-Take-Over-Venices-Historic-Hotel-Danieli | title=The Four Seasons Will Take over Venice's Historic Hotel Danieli }}</ref>
 
==In media==
▲In 2010, extensive footage was shot at the hotel for the ''[[The Tourist (2010 film)|The Tourist]]'', starring [[Johnny Depp]] and [[Angelina Jolie]]. The suite which appeared in the film was once lived in by the likes of [[Proust]] and [[Balzac]]; something mentioned in the film.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite webnews|url=httphttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8192525/The-Tourist-review.html|title=The Tourist, review|publishernewspaper=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=9 December 2010|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref> In one scene, Depp clambered across the roof tiles of the hotel in his [[pajamas]].<ref name="Telegraph"/>
 
==Architecture and fittings==
[[File:Danielli Hotel in Venice.jpg|thumb|right|Staircase]]
The 14th-century building which has been a hotel since 1822 now has a pink façade with marble sills, white turrets and balconies with pointed arches.<ref name=efidf/> The main architectural feature is the four-storied courtyard which is covered with arches in [[Venetian Gothic architecture|Venetian Gothic style]] and provides for natural sunlight. The foyer leads to the open staircases with balustrades up to the furnished rooms and suites. While an elevator is available, the stairway is painted gold. The hotel's 204 rooms and suites are spread through a central building with three wings.<ref name="Dyson2005">{{cite book|last=Dyson|first=Katharine D.|title=100 Best Romantic Resorts of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CyiyG4gPhIYC&pg=PA197|date=1 December 2005|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-0-7627-3435-1|pages=197–}}</ref> There are rooms facing the lagoon in the original wing of the hotel and large rooms in the 19th-century palazzo.<ref name="Moretti2010"/> The hotel also boasts a huge fireplace.<ref name=Dyson2005 />
[[File:Venice Carnival - Masked Lovers (2010).jpg|right|thumb|The Venetian carnival tradition is most famous for its distinctive masks.]]
 
The hotel, mainly dated to 1822, is built with a pink façade and sills made of marble. The main architectural feature of the building is the four storied courtyard which is covered with arches in [[Venetian Gothic architecture|Byzantine Gothic style]] and provides for natural sunlight. The foyer leads to the open staircases with balustrades which lead to the furnished rooms and suites. There are rooms facing the lagoon in the original wing of the hotel and large rooms of the 19th century with views to the palazzio.<ref name="Moretti2010"/> The balcony features a Venetian mask shop, while the restaurant is ornamented with an entrance of high arches and chandeliers of [[Venetian glass]].<ref name=Sherwood2008 />
The [[Doge (title)|Doge]] Suite is the most luxurious, with furniture dating to the 18th century and frescos by the 18th-century Venetian artist [[Jacopo Guarana]].<ref name=efidf>[http://www.travel-watch.com/venice.htm Laura Elizabeth Frommer and Ian David Frommer, "Venice's Very Best: The Hotel Danieli"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906093009/http://www.travel-watch.com/venice.htm |date=2019-09-06 }}, ''Travel-Watch''. Retrieved 10 June 2013.</ref> The balcony features a Venetian mask shop, while the restaurant is ornamented with an entrance of high arches and chandeliers of [[Venetian glass]].<ref name=Sherwood2008 /> The rooftop terrace restaurant has views of Venice and the lagoon.<ref name="Sharland2013"/>
 
==See also==
The hotel has 240 rooms and the Dodge’s Suite is the most luxurious which is furnished with furniture of the 18th century. The rooftop terrace has a restaurant with views of Venice and the sea. It is the only hotel in Venice where views of the lagoon, the [[Grand Canal]], the beach, and the city can be seen. The restaurant is the place to view the [[Carnival of Venice]] festival when colourful [[gondolas]] and boats ply the waterway of the canal and the lagoon.<ref name="Sharland2013"/>
*[[Palazzo Dandolo Paolucci]]
*[[Palazzo Gritti Dandolo]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.hoteldanieli.com/ Hotel Danieli official website]
*[http://www.danielihotelvenice.com/?PS=LGEN_AA_DEMA_CGGL_TPRP Official site]
*[https://www.uniqhotels.com/hotel-danieli Interior photos of Hotel Danieli]
 
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