The Hotel Palace, located at the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes and Roger de Llúria in Barcelona's Eixample district, is a six-floor monumentalist building. It was founded in 1919 by César Ritz and was inspired by the Palace and Ritz hotels in Madrid. The building is divided into three horizontal parts: the base, the central body, and the crowning part. The interior features common areas, vestibules, stairs, and attached dependencies, including the decoration of some of the great salons.
The hotel was designed by architects Eduard Ferrès and Francesc Folguera i Grassi. In 1975, it passed to the hands of the Husa Hoteles chain, managed by Joan Gaspart. Following a series of lawsuits, the hotel was forced to lose the name Ritz in 2005 and was renamed Palace.
In 2011, Husa sold the hotel for 80 million euros to Algerian businessman Alí Haddad, who took over the management in 2014 after the management company declared bankruptcy. The building remains a significant example of European grand hotel architecture from the 1920s.
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