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 HISTORY OF THE HOTEL
Moreover, in 1748, eight years after its establishment, it had 29 mortars or piles of stones for pressing rags, which were the raw materials for manufacturing paper, as well as 14 forms for making the various types of paper entrusted to skilled workers, that had been brought specially from Genoa, flanked by local manpower. Today, after careful restructuring which restored life to the entire building, the Paper Mill hosts a hotel where history and tradition fill the facades and internal areas, and where it is possible to enjoy Sicilian recipes. The hotel at the Cartiera Grande (Big Paper-Mill) is located in the Molara district that up to the end of the XVII century was still called "Pietro Molara", because of the presence of the quarries from which the stone to build millstones was extracted. The historic "Marchese di Villabianca" in the book "Palermo d'oggigiorno" tells that the district of "Pietro Molara" is located below Monreale, and adds that the "village, is composed of a paper-mill and a parish, entitled S.Giuseppe, nd was founded in 1740 by the President of the Royal Estate Biagio De Spuches who wanted to call it Terra del Giglio (Land of the lily) from the lily on his family's coat-of-arms".
DESCRIPTION OF THE HOTEL
It is situated close to Monreale centre, 10 km from the city centre of Palermo. It consists of rooms all with showers, hair - dryer, air conditioning, thermostatic control of the temperature, direct phone line, colour satellite Tv, mini-bar, safe. "Absidi" typical restaurant, "La Saia" bar, "Regia Trazzera" and the "Quanat" halls. Conference centre : 3 halls from 6 up to 400 seats for meetings, conference and banquets.
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