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The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America. [ 1 ] During World War II, it closed and the building was leased to the United States Navy. [ 2 ]
Richard J. Arnold (June 28, 1856 – May 19, 1929), also known as R. J. Arnold, was an English American 19th-century pioneer of early California photography. He is known for his large-format glass-plate photography and as the designated photographer for the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California.
Del Monte station around 1891. Upon the construction of the Hotel Del Monte in 1880, designed by architect Arthur Brown Sr., a modest station was erected 0.25 miles (0.40 km) north of the hotel grounds, between the Monterey Bay and Del Monte Avenue. The initial stop in Monterey for travelers journeying by train from San Francisco was the Del ...
The Del Monte included the hotel, parkland, polo grounds, and golf course. The property extended south and southeast of the hotel and included gardens, parkland, polo grounds, race track, and golf course. The Del Monte development also included a scenic drive from the hotel to another portion of the resort, Pebble Beach, on the Monterey Peninsula.
The term fusiliers was first used officially by the French Army in 1670, when four fusiliers were distributed among each company of infantry. [2] The following year the Fusiliers du Roi ("King's Fusiliers"), the first regiment composed primarily of soldiers with flintlocks, was formed [ 2 ] by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban .
Southern Pacific asserts that the named Del Monte service began in 1889, first appearing on a timetable as the Del Monte Limited.It replaced an apparently unnamed service (maybe known colloquially as The Daisy) which had operated on a similar schedule when Southern Pacific opened their Hotel Del Monte in 1880. [2]
Castel del Monte (Italian for "Castle of the Mountain"; Barese: Castìdde du Monte) is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated on a hill in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It was built during the 1240s by King Frederick II , who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily .
Hotel del Coronado, also known as The Del and Hotel Del, is a historic beachfront hotel in Coronado, California, just across San Diego Bay from San Diego.A rare surviving example of an American architectural genre—the wooden Victorian beach resort—it was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1970 [4] and a National Historic Landmark in 1977.