Hotel Progresso
Historical hotel in a Liberty style, since the 15 July 1923
1923
Opened in July, the 15th, 1923, thanks to a tourism pioneer of San Benedetto del Tronto, is had a difficult start, because the most of the "tourists", for their holidays, preferred private venues to hotels. A change in tourism has been the Regio Decreto Legge dated 1926, that gave life to the "therapy, stay and tourism resort" that was released to all the bathing cities that had the requested features.
1928
On 30 June 1928, the city of San Benedetto del Tronto, among the first cities along the Adriatic coast, obtained this recognition and this started the beginning of a very important tourist era. The well decorated rooms and the wide bedrooms, already enjoyed comforts unknown to the most of the hotels of the city. It immediately become the meeting point for cultural and entertaining events for a lot of people.
1938
At the Hotel Progresso stayed, among the others, Beniamino Gigli, Primo Carnera, the barytone Neroni, Rachele Mussolini, Giacomo Matteotti's wife and children, after his death, whose stay, it is said has been payed by the Fascism government. Here Francesca Guidi started his journalist career; she met people like Balbo, Cardarelli, Marconi, Pirandello, D'Annunzio, Quasimodo… she was usual to host them all in her Villa to go then to the restaurant at the Hotel Progresso.
1987
From 1987, the new ownership by the Mancini family, started to restored the Hotel, preserving the original architecture but introducing the most modern comforts. Administration and management are directly managed by the owners.
2018
From 1987, the new ownership by the Mancini family, started to restored the Hotel, preserving the original architecture but introducing the most modern comforts. Administration and management are directly managed by the owners.
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