History of the Grand Hotel Europe

на нынешней территории гостиницы было построено первое здание, обращенное фасадом к Невскому проспекту. В 1825 году на Михайловской улице были построены еще два здания, а в 1830 году все три строения были объединены общим фасадом, созданным по проекту знаменитого архитектора Карло Росси.

The construction of the building which today houses the Grand Hotel Europe, located in the very heart of St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt and Mikhailovskaya street, began in the 1820s. In 1825 two more buildings were built on the same street.The first hotel on this site, known as the 'Cuolon', appeared in 1830 and was then integrated with neighbouring houses by the Italian architect Carlo Rossi, who united all three buildings by one façade.

the Evropeyskaya Hotel Company, which opened its doors in January of 1875. At the turn of the century the Swedish-Russian architect Fyodor Lidval redesigned much of the hotel's interior, adding the beautiful Art Nouveau features which still remain today. 

В 1872 году было создано Акционерное общество гостиницы «Европейская». Общество реконструировало здание и открыло в нем новую фешенебельную гостиницу «Hotel de l’Europe». Работы проводились под руководством архитектора Л.Ф. Фонтана и были завершены в 1875 году.

and post-revolutionary periods as a hospital, orphanage and centre of bureaucratic operations. Following extensive and painstaking renovation between 1989 and December 1991, the building re-opened as the 'Grand Hotel Europe'. Great care was taken to preserve the hotel's distinct architecture, both the interior of the hotel with its turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau décor and the magnificent Neo-Baroque façade were restored to their former glory.

В январе 1989 г. здание гостиницы «Европейской» было закрыто на реконструкцию.  В конце 1991 г., когда северной столице России было возвращено историческое имя Санкт-Петербург, распахнул свои двери и обновленный, но сохранивший дух и очарование старины Гранд Отель Европа, вновь ставший визитной карточкой города на Неве.

and post-revolutionary periods as a hospital, orphanage and centre of bureaucratic operations. Following extensive and painstaking renovation between 1989 and December 1991, the building re-opened as the 'Grand Hotel Europe'. 
Great care was taken to preserve the hotel's distinct architecture. Both the interior of the hotel with its turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau décor and the magnificent Neo-Baroque façade were restored to their former glory. The building itself has been classified as a national and cultural landmark and is to be preserved as a historical monument.