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The Restored Florida Hotel that Embodies Gilded Age Grandeur

ROOM KEY

A huge wedding cake that first opened in 1897, the Belleview was Florida’s first luxury hotel and ushered in its tourist industry. Now it’s been saved from the wrecking ball.

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