Hotel Description:
The origins of the palazzo that hosts the Hotel Scandinavia go back deep in time. The building
dates from the year 1000 and it is said that this is the very place where Desdemona met
Othello, the Moor of Venice. The palazzo was renovated in the 16th century by the Trevisan
family, a wealthy merchant dynasty, that lived in it for generations. In the Fifties, the
Tinacci family transformed the palazzo into the Hotel Scandinavia, managing to preserve the
atmosphere of an ancient Venetian residence handed down through the centuries. The is one of
the Venetian Hotels that most reflects the spirit of an aristocratic Venetian residence. The
Hotel windows provide a stupendous view- to the building*s left is the Church of Santa Maria
Formosa, whose name is linked to an ancient legend. It is said that this Campo was the site of
the apparition of a rather prosperous-looking Madonna and, to celebrate this miracle, a church
was built in 1492 that was given the name of Santa Maria Formosa -the Buxom-.
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