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THE MONUMENTAL spaces of a 17th century monastery are brought back to life in Arco, Alto Garda, where architecture practice noa has transformed them into a unique hotel, while conserving the charm of the original architecture and its atmosphere of peace and meditation. Te mission was to renovate the Monastery Serve di Maria Addolorata in the centre of Arco, situated at the northern tip of Lake Garda. Te complex is encompassed by a high surrounding wall and dates back to the second half of the 17th century. Half of the monastery building – which also hosts a church and cloister, where nuns continue to live – has been left untouched and in 2020,
Above The complex is encompassed by a high surrounding wall that dates to the 17th century
Right The bathroom of the Loggia suite, which looks onto the mountains of Arco
