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La Couronne Hotel Restaurant
Solothurn, Switzerland · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Thirty-seven rooms in Switzerland's second-oldest inn: La Couronne, Hauptgasse 64, Solothurn, a 1418 St. Ursenpinte, the baroque house of 1772, Napoleon and Casanova in the book, reopened 2 May 2017 with twenty-eight rooms plus nine in the dependence. You sleep toward St. Ursen Cathedral, then walk the Aare. This is the baroque old town. The door says La Couronne.
- 37 rooms
- Opened 1418
- Neighborhood: Altstadt
About La Couronne Hotel Restaurant
- Inn on this plot from 1418 as St. Ursenpinte, second-oldest hotel in Switzerland after Sternen at Kloster Wettingen. Present baroque house 1772 by Schutzenhauptmann Franz Josef Schmid. Hauptgasse 64, 4500 Solothurn.
- Federal monument from 1939. Reopened 2 May 2017 after a city-and-canton rescue and Swiss Prime rebuild: 28 rooms in the main house, 9 atelier rooms in the Seilergasse dependence. Swiss Historic Hotels. 13 Gault Millau points on the restaurant at reopen.
- Neighborhood is Solothurn Altstadt beside St. Ursen Cathedral. Independent. Guests in the book include Napoleon, Josephine, Casanova, Sophia Loren; the spy film Brass Target shot here.
History
La Couronne is Solothurn's inn from 1418, the 1772 baroque Krone at Hauptgasse 64, reopened 2 May 2017 as a 37-room Swiss Historic Hotel beside St. Ursen Cathedral.
The setting
Hauptgasse 64, 4500 Solothurn, beside St. Ursen Cathedral. Baroque old town, not the Aare industrial edge.
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