Hotel Metropol Moscow (Moscow)

Russia / Moscow / Moscow / Teatralny proyezd, 2
 hotel, Art Nouveau / Jugendstil (architecture), 1903_construction, object of cultural heritage of federal importance (Russia)
www.metropol-moscow.ru/

Hotel Metropol, built in 1899-1907 in Art Nouveau style, is a historical hotel in the center of Moscow. The architects were William Walcot, Lev Kekushev, Vladimir Shukhov and the artists were Mikhail Vrubel, Alexander Golovin, Nikolai Andreev.

The topped-out shell burnt down in 1901 and was rebuilt in reinforced concrete. The hotel was completed in 1907.
A notable feature of Metropol is that, the rectangular bulk of Metropol is self-sufficient to support itself and it needs no supporting columns.

In 1918, the hotel was nationalized by Bolshevik administration and was renamed as Second House of Soviets and housed living quarters and offices of Soviet bureaucracy. Eventually, in 1930s it was converted to its original hotel function and went through a major restoration in 1986-1991 by Finnish companies as part of Soviet-Finnish bilateral trade. Presently, Metropol has 365 rooms, and each is different in shape or decoration from the other.

In this building

  1. «Росбанк» – дополнительный офис «Театральный»
  2. Майоликовое панно «Принцесса Греза» на центральном фасаде гостиницы «Метрополь»
  3. Memorial to October Revolution events
  4. Информационные таблички
  5. Мемориальная доска В.И. Ленину
  6. Табличка «Театральный проезд»
  7. Hublot
  8. Памятная доска о переговорах между РСФСР и Монголией с участием Д.Сухэ-Батора
  9. Памятная доска о нахождении в этом здании ВЦИК
  10. Ресторан «Метрополь»
  11. Бар «Шаляпин»
  12. Бутик Valentino
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Metropol_Moscow
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Coordinates:   55°45'30"N   37°37'17"E

Comments

  • Very pretty hotel.
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