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The '''Hotel Danieli''', formerly '''Palazzo Dandolo''', is a palatial five-star palatial hotel in [[Venice]], Italy. ItThe central wing of the hotel was built as the '''Palazzo Dandolo''' at the end of the 14th century, by one of the [[Dandolo]] families. [[CNN]] cites it as one of the top five "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>

The hotel's main building is the 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 [[Piazza San Marco|St. Mark’sMark's Square]],<ref name="Sharland2013">{{cite book|author=Elizabeth Sharland|title=Classical Destinations|url=https://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=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQF7fUWjNMwC&pg=PT27|year=2008|publisher=Wheatmark, Inc.|isbn=978-1-60494-005-3|pages=27–}}</ref> overlooking the Saint Mark's Basin. 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=https://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>

Many notable artists, writers, musicians and other luminariesmusicians stayed here, among them [[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 rooms in the hotel is Number 10. It was here that Aurore Dudevant, better known as [[George Sand]], stayed with her lover [[Alfred de Musset]].<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 as the Caffè Brigiacco, came into being among the shops which developed on the ground floor. As it was run by two Greek brothers who had a liking for oriental dress, it later became known as the "Caffè Orientale".<ref name=History/>

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://booksarchive.google.comorg/books?id=w3dKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA852details/bub_gb_w3dKAAAAYAAJ|edition=Public domain|year=1887|publisher=Adams & Sons|pages=852–[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, annexing the hotel to a 19th-century adjoining palace now 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 Danieli came under the control of Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi (CIGA), owned by Count [[Giuseppe Volpi]].<ref name=History/> Further changes to the façade were undertaken by the architect [[Francesco Marsich]]. Finally, from 1946 to 1948 after the buildings between the Palazzo Dandolo and the [[Palazzo delle Prigioni]] had been demolished, the hotel was substantially extended. The "Danielino" (Little Daniele), a new building with a marble façade designed by [[Virgilio Vallot]], became the last addition to the hotel.<ref name=History/><ref name=efidf/>

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|ByzantineVenetian 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 />

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"/>

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