Palazzo Vendramin Calergi, Venice
Not only is Palazzo Vendramin Calergi an antiquely-regal Venetian hotel w/ a casino on the ground floor, but in the winter of 1882, it also played host to world-famous German composer Richard Wagner (Ride of the Valkyries, son!), who died of a heart attack on a couch in his suite.
That area of the hotel's a museum now, but what's really nifty is that 30yrs later, Thomas Mann wrote one of the greatest books in literary history, Death In Venice, which some scholars believe is based upon Wagner's... death in Venice.
Palazzo Vendramin
Ca’ Vendramin Calergi
Cannaregio 2079, 30121 Venezia
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