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Grande Hotel Beira: Exterior · Grande Hotel Beira in 2012, exterior in front of block B
1/6 · Exterior · Grande Hotel Beira in 2012, exterior in front of block BPhoto: Robertcruiming · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Grande Hotel Beira: Exterior · Grande Hotel, Beira, Mozambique
2/6 · Exterior · Grande Hotel, Beira, MozambiquePhoto: F Mira from Lisbon, Portugal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Grande Hotel Beira: Exterior · Beira "Grande Hotel" - a true Punkrock Hotel in the heart of Beira
3/6 · Exterior · Beira "Grande Hotel" - a true Punkrock Hotel in the heart of BeiraPhoto: Senorhorst Jahnsen from Mumbai, India · CC BY 2.0 · source
Grande Hotel Beira: Exterior · Beira "Grande Hotel" - a true Punkrock Hotel in the heart of Beira
4/6 · Exterior · Beira "Grande Hotel" - a true Punkrock Hotel in the heart of BeiraPhoto: Senorhorst Jahnsen from Mumbai, India · CC BY 2.0 · source
Grande Hotel Beira: Interior · Current situation of the Grande Hotel, original kitchen on ground floor of block D
5/6 · Interior · Current situation of the Grande Hotel, original kitchen on ground floor of block DPhoto: Robertcruiming · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Grande Hotel Beira: Detail · Current situation of the Grande Hotel, high polluted swimming pool
6/6 · Detail · Current situation of the Grande Hotel, high polluted swimming poolPhoto: Robertcruiming · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · Grande Hotel Beira in 2012, exterior in front of block BPhoto 2: Exterior · Grande Hotel, Beira, MozambiquePhoto 3: Exterior · Beira "Grande Hotel" - a true Punkrock Hotel in the heart of BeiraPhoto 4: Exterior · Beira "Grande Hotel" - a true Punkrock Hotel in the heart of BeiraPhoto 5: Interior · Current situation of the Grande Hotel, original kitchen on ground floor of block DPhoto 6: Detail · Current situation of the Grande Hotel, high polluted swimming pool

Hospitality · Modernism

Grande Hotel Beira

Francisco de Castro · Beira, MZ · 1955

Key featuresAbandoned modernist luxury hotel now informally occupied by thousands of residents.

Architect
Francisco de Castro
Place
Beira, MZ
Year
1955
Typology
Hospitality
Movement
Modernism
Region
Africa
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