AMICI MIEI JUNIOR SUITE WITH FRESCOES

In 1975, Mario Monicelli chose this room, with its historic frescoes, to shoot one of the most memorable scenes in Italian cinema: the moment in Amici Miei when Count Mascetti discovers his lover with another woman, and she offers the immortal defence: "Didn't I swear to you that you were the only man in my life?"

Monicelli was not the last director to find inspiration here; Dario Argento and Philip Haas both followed. And before them, Stendhal, Byron and Carmelite nun Thérèse of Lisieux stayed in these rooms. Step inside, take in the frescoes and soak up the stories.