Hotel Excelsior Roma Commemorative Plate
A white plate decorated with a yellow, hand-painted border in the style characteristic of souvenirs from the Excelsior Hotel. On the reverse side is a hand-painted inscription: Hotel Excelsior Roma.
The Hotel Excelsior opened in Rome in 1906. It has hosted many Hollywood stars, including the cast and crew of the 1959 film *Ben-Hur*. One of the masterpieces of world cinema, *La Dolce Vita* , while inside the hotel itself, *Two Weeks in Another City*, directed by Vincente Minnelli (Liza’s father) and starring Kirk Douglas, was filmed in 1962. In 1983, parts of the miniseries *Winds of War* were also filmed at the hotel, and in 2009, one of the scenes from the film *Nine*, starring Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, and Marion Cotillard, was shot there. The hotel is distinguished by its distinctive dome, beneath which lies the two-story “Villa la Cupola” suite, spanning the 5th and 6th floors. Considered one of the most expensive hotel rooms in the world, it features, among other things, hand-painted frescoes, seven bedrooms, and a private movie theater.
In very good condition.
Dimensions: 14 cm (diameter) x 2.5 cm.
