Royal Victoria Hotel, Pisa

The Royal Victoria Hotel is located in the oldest part of the medieval settlement of Pisa on the northern bank of the River Arno.

The earliest part of the building is a tower erected by the Winemaker's Guild in the 11th century, which served both as an inn and as their headquarters.

In the early 16th century when the city state of Florence conquered Pisa, the tavern became known as the Locanda della Vittoria (Inn of the Victory).

While working in London for some years he was introduced to the wealthy travellers going to Italy and began to organise their holidays in Tuscany, renting villas for them.

The hotel has had many illustrious and famous guests, including Charles Dickens,[5] Charles Lindbergh,[5] The Rockefeller family,[6] Émile Zola,[6] Alexandre Dumas, John Ruskin, Virginia Woolf, Lloyd George, Theodore Rousevelt, and the royal families from Austria, Bulgaria, Iraq, Russia, German states, Belgium, Netherlands (Queen Wilhelmine), UK, Japan, Brasil (emperor), Serbia, Norway, Sweden.

The Royal Victoria Hotel
The Torre del lungarno pacinotti (Tower of Victory) is one of the best preserved medieval towers of Pisa, and is now incorporated in the building of Hotel Royal Victoria (torre dell'hotel vittoria)
The front view of the Royal Victoria Hotel, Pisa, Oct 2014
An example of the Art Nouveau frescos painted on the walls and ceilings of the Royal Victoria Hotel, Pisa Italy by Domenico Piegaja between 1896 and 1904. The frescos are slowly being restored after being painted over by the US army in WWII when they occupied the hotel.