The Hotel Patria, built in 1924 in Art Nouveau style, was initially created as a manor house and was then transformed into a hotel in 1927 by Mr. Barilari, originally from Cattolica and a naturalized American citizen in New Jersey. Until the early 1950s, the hotel was operated by several tenants. In the last five years of his life, Mr. Barilari settled in Cattolica with his wife, personally managing the hotel.

Upon his death in 1958, his widow, who had a close friendship with our aunt Maria (our father's sister), decided to sell the hotel to our father before returning permanently to the United States in 1960. Since our father resided already in Germany, the hotel was rented for the first seven years.

Since the summer season of 1967, the Hotel Patria has been managed directly by the Fabbri family, who has taken care of every detail with dedication ever since.

In the hotel lobby there is a blow-up of a black and white photo dating back to 1938, where you can admire, according to the opinion of one of our customers who are experts in vintage cars, a Lancia Ardea, the only model produced before of the Second World War

This precious shot, donated by a Swiss customer, represents a unique fragment of the hotel's history.