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Borgo Egnazia is a luxury resort and spa in Savelletri of Fasano, Italy.It is owned by Aldo Melpignano, a former investment analyst. [1] The resort has 45 acres of land which includes the San Domenico golf course and Vair spa, as well as a 28 villas and 63 hotel rooms. [2]
Rocco Forte Hotels is a British hotel group that was established in 1996 by hotelier Sir Rocco Forte and Olga Polizzi. The group owns and operates 14 hotels across Europe. [ 1 ] Sir Rocco Forte is Executive Chairman, while Olga Polizzi is Deputy Chairman and Director of Design.
Villa San Michele, Fiesole. The original building was a monastery, founded in the early years of the 15th century for the Franciscan friars. [1] The land on which it stood had been donated by a Florentine family, the Davanzatis, who also contributed to the monastery's upkeep by gifts of woodlands, further buildings and money.
In Italy, there is a broad variety of hotels, going from 1-5 stars. According to ISTAT, in 2017, there were 32,988 hotels with 1,133,452 rooms and 2,239,446 beds. [24] As for non-hotel facilities (campsites, tourist villages, accommodations for rent, agritourism, etc.), in 2017 their number was 171,915 with 2,798,352 beds. [24]
Coat of arms. The front of the palace can be traced back to the 1830s, with a large shield on the door with the coat of arms of the Famiglia Borghese (truncated in the 1st gold, to the eagle with unfolded flight of black, crowned of the field, in the 2nd azure, to the dragon of gold), supported by two eagles and surmounted by a wrought-iron princely crown.
The palazzo served as a luxury hotel in the post World War II era; then was vacated and closed. A committee called FPXA 1813–2013, abbreviation for Ferdinand Panciatichi Ximenes d’Aragon, was organized in 2012 to attempt to restore and preserve the palazzo , which has 365 rooms, each with unique, Moorish decoration.