HOTEL SCALA STIEGL

THIS HOTEL IN BOLZANO WAS ORIGINALLY A TAVERN AND A CHANGING STATION FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE CARRIAGES. SINCE 1850 THE HOTEL HAS BEEN RUN BY THE TRAFOJER FAMILY WHO STILL OWN IT TODAY. IT IS THE WISH OF THIS FAMILY THAT IN 1898 THIS HOTEL IN BOLZANO WAS REBUILT AS A CARE AND STAY HOTEL CHOOSING FOR THE FACADE A CHARMING ART NOUVEAU STYLE. AT THE TIME THIS HOTEL IN BOLZANO IS STILL CHARACTERIZED BY TWO BUILDINGS DIVIDED BY THE LARGE PARK THAT CHARACTERIZES THE STRUCTURE. BADLY DAMAGED BY THE BOMBING THAT HIT THE CITY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE OUTBUILDING WAS NOT REBUILT. AT THAT TIME THE HOTEL WAS SEIZED BY VARIOUS MILITARY CONTINGENTS STATIONED IN BOLZANO AND USED AS HEADQUARTERS. IN ADDITION TO THE CHARACTERISTIC ART NOUVEAU FACADE THIS HOTEL IN BOLZANO HAS PRESERVED INTACT THE SMALL WOODEN COVERED STUBE OF 1920 THE LARGE DINING ROOM FRESCOED IN 1925 BY RUDOLF STOLZ WITH THE DEPICTION OF THE CYCLE OF MONTHS THE AGE-OLD TREES THAT GIVE THE HOTEL PARK ITS RECOGNIZABLE FEATURES.