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MONUMENTAL PALACE HOTEL
Monumental Palace Hotel
Hotel
Located in the historic building “Almeida e
Cunha”, known as “Pension Monumental”, the
new MONUMENTAL PALACE HOTEL occupies
a strategic position in the center of Porto: the
famous Avenida dos Aliados in front of the
town hall. The building built in 1923 by the
Italian architect Michelangelo Soà has been
rehabilitated to become the most luxurious
palace of the city of Porto. It is obviously to the
famous OITOEMPONTO studio, based in Porto,
that were entrusted the interior architecture
and the decoration of the rooms as well as of all
the spaces of reception and restoration.
“The neoclassical style of the building as its
anchor in the history of the city of Porto make
this project” monumental “because it requires
to reinterpret the glorious past of Porto in a
contemporary writing, as well as in volumes,
style and the uses” specify Artur Miranda and
Jacques Bec, the founders of OITOEMPONTO.
The concept of the Hotel Monumental Porto is
to make it the hotel of the great travelers since
the 20s. A place which evokes the glorious
Porto of the 30s until our days… A romanticized
interpretation of a place which sheltered to its
inauguration a large café with an orchestra in
residence, some of whose decorations were
updated during the renovation and which would
have continued to be the luxury hotel of the
economic capital of Portugal.Since the 1920s,
the city has been living to the rhythm of its
cafes and the Avenida dos Aliados has brought
together the jewels of this corporation to make
it the nerve center of Porto.
During the construction, a miracle occurred
when one of the destroyed walls unveiled the
old billiard room intact with original decorations,
marble details, plasterwork and moldings, noble
wooden banisters and many ornamental details
who will actively participate in the future decor
project. The facade being neoclassical, the
OITOEMPONTO duo chose to make a hotel
that respects its history and style. A decorative
bias that allows to integrate in these same neo
30 settings all the luxury of modernity.