Madonna di Campiglio & the Austrian Empire
You may wonder, what the famous ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio has to do with the Austrian Empire? Why does Madonna di Campiglio have a "Piazza Sissi" and a restaurant called "La Stube di Franz Joseph"? And why is there a "Hapsburg Carnival' in February? Back in 1188, a hospice was founded in Madonna di Campiglio, which was leased by a businessman at the end of the 19th century. He had the monastic cells converted into rooms and founded a mountain hotel, where time and again climber pioneers came. The mountain village became famous, especially among members of the European nobility, and in 1889 Emperor Franz Joseph I and his wife Empress Elisabeth arrived in Madonna di Campiglio and went on many excursions. Franz Joseph and Sissi were so fascinated by this region that five years later, in 1894, they visited again.
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