Grand Hotel National
Grand Hotel National.
Grand Hotel National from Lake Lucerne.
The Grand Hotel National is a hotel at 4 Haldenstrasse, Lucerne, Switzerland.[1]
History
The designer and first manager of the hotel was the owner, Colonel Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen. From 1878 the manager was César Ritz,[1][2] who later founded the Ritz chain of hotels. Pfyffer had noticed Ritz at the Grand Hôtel in Nice.
In 1881, the chef Auguste Escoffier worked at the hotel.[1]
The hotel was the venue, on 30 June 1939, for the sale by Theodor Fischer of "degenerate art" removed from German museums by the Nazis.[3]
In 1976, the hotel was purchased by the architect Umberto Erculiani who renovated and extended the building.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 History. Grand Hotel National Luzern, 2014.
- ↑ Elaine Denby (1998). Grand Hotels: Reality and Illusion. Reaktion Books. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-86189-121-1.
- ↑ Harclerode, Peter, & Brendan Pittaway. (1999) The Lost Masters: The Looting of Europe's Treasurehouses. London: Victor Gollancz, pp. 4-5. ISBN 0575052546