Need some translation from Italian, please.
 

Thank you to anyone who can help.
Many years ago, I stayed at Hotel Loreley in Sorrento. It was magical. There are several other Fodorites with loving memories of the place. After it closed, I tried to find what was to happen to it, with no luck. Every once in a while, I do another search. Tonight, I found this, but do not understand enough to comprehend the contents. It is long, and I don't need a verbatim translation, but would love to know what is happening with it. If anyone can help, I will be most greatful.

http://www.metropolisweb.it/news/lho...ere/24890.html

Looks like the hotel undertook major renovations about 15 years ago, applying for permits, and then got into a dispute with the regional authorities about the demolition work and reconstruction. Everything got frozen while the parties sued each other, but now the hotel has won. (I suspect even a roomful of native Italian speakers would have difficulty explaining why it took so long and what they were arguing about, but maybe somebody else here will give it a go.)

Oh, Thank you so very much. Very interesting and exciting.
The hotel actually closed in 2007, I think. At that point, I had not seen it in about 10 years, so do not know what had been done. I wondered if there were structural issues. It sits so close to the edge of the cliff. Lots of other hotels do also though, and it is still standing, so guess that is likely not it.

Could it be that some group hoped to buy it and rebuild it themselves or make it part of a chain? Hope not.

The setting is so stunning. Some writer once said the restaurant had one of the most beautiful views of any restaurant in the world. I could not believe my luck to have stayed there.

I hope whatever they do will be done correctly.

Any other thoughts or info still much appreciated.

I forgot, I did read there were safety inspections in 2010 and issues at that time. If anyone finds anything about that, please post it.

Massi explains it well.

I know what it looks like :-)

A friend of mine stayed in that hotel about 15 years ago.

The hotel submitted a plan for renovating the top floor of the hotel, a sort of attic space, so that it could be used as guest rooms. The type of plan (DIA) submitted (I know from working in my husband's studio) is used for minor renovations, and if you don't hear anything from the town hall within a certain amount of time, you can begin the work.

After the work was completed, the town claimed that the rooms didn't meet the standards with regard to present laws for such things as the flooring, the number of windows per square meter of floor space, etc.. They ordered the hotel to demolish the work that had been done and return the space to its original condition. They forced the hotel to close until the demolition was effected.

The hotel appealed, saying that the rooms in question had been used as guest rooms in the past, starting in 1967, at which time they met current standards (a grandfather defense, I suppose) and that the plan submitted clearly showed the dimensions of the rooms and the windows, and that the town hadn't protested before the work began. They also say that the order to demolish didn't state clearly the reasons for the order nor how the hotel was supposed to carry out the order.

The hotel has won the appeal. The article doesn't say whether they plan to reopen.

Here in Le Marche, certain types of renovation require that the space also be brought up to current standards even in matters that aren't part of the planned work. For instance, I know of cases where it was required that accessible bathrooms be added to a renovation that didn't include bathrooms at all. The fact that a simplified project plan was used (the DIA) might indicate that the work was too minor to require such provisions, or at least that the hotel considered the work very minor.

I remember my friend saying that the room she stayed in was a bit shabby and that the floor was covered with linoleum or something similar. I wonder if she was on that top floor.