- 1. The Fairmont Banff Springs or simply the Banff Springs
Hotel(also known as Castle in the Rockies) is a former railway
hotelconstructed in Scottish Baronial style located in Banff
NationalPark, Alberta, Canada. The original hotel, designed by
Americanarchitect Bruce Price, was built between spring of 1887 and
1888 bythe Canadian Pacific Railway, at the instigation of
itsPresident, William Cornelius Van Horne. The hotel was
publiclyopened on June 1, 1888. Starting in 1911, a wholly new
hotel wasbuilt in stages to replace the 1888 structure. The new
hotel wasdesigned by another American architect, Walter S.
Painter.Compared with Prices Shingle style-influenced
woodenstructure, Painters new hotel was built of concrete and faced
withstone.
2. Images and text: InternetMusic: Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italiano Op 45 Adriana