Grand Hotel Riccione
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The Grand Hotel Riccione is a luxury hotel in Riccione, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.
The façade of the Grand Hotel Riccione, c. 1932
Torre 900 of the Grand Hotel Riccione, August 2014
Benito Mussolini in front of the Grand Hotel Riccione, 1935
1916 Rimini earthquakes
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In 1916, two earthquakes of magnitude 5.82 Mw occurred near the border between the regions of Romagna and the Marche in the Kingdom of Italy: at 13:50 CEST on 17 May, and at 09:06 CEST on 16 August.
Grand Hotel Riccione
…children after the Matteucci hospice in Rimini. Opened in 1877 by Count Giacinto Martinelli, a local landowner, and Emilio Amati, it was destroyed by the 1916 Rimini earthquakes; only the caretaker's house remains extant in the hotel's garden. Next to the hotel was the Villa Martinelli Soleri, built between 1878 and 1879 and…
Tents in front of Castel Sismondo after an earthquake