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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

Marienheim (now the Hotel Maria)

Although the house and workshop which art distributor Franz Schmalzl de Ianesc built on Antoniboden in 1872/73 was unassuming in size and nature, by the turn of the century the Marienheim had grown to become the third-largest hotel in Ortisei— complete with a swimming pool and a dining room which occupied an entire floor.