The Empress

Summary

The Empress is a hotel building^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of hotel_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Empress was a member of Historic Hotels Worldwide^[3].
• The Empress is located in Victoria^[4].
• The Empress is in the country of Canada^[5].
• The Empress's image is recorded as Fairmont Empress, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 08.jpg^[6].
• The Empress's instance of is recorded as hotel building^[7].
• The Empress's architect is recorded as Francis Rattenbury^[8].
• The Empress's owned by is recorded as Ivanhoe Cambridge^[9].
• The Empress's operator is recorded as Fairmont Hotels & Resorts^[10].
• The Empress's architectural style is recorded as châteauesque^[11].
• The Empress's architectural style is recorded as Edwardian architecture^[12].
• The Empress's Commons category is recorded as Fairmont Empress^[13].
• The Empress's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1371841^[14].
• The Empress's Emporis building ID is recorded as 113497^[15].
• The Empress's Canadian Register of Historic Places ID is recorded as 7414^[16].
• The Empress's Canadian Register of Historic Places ID is recorded as 2349^[17].
• +1908-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Empress^[18].
• The Empress's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 48.4218, 'lon': -123.368}^[19].
• The Empress's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07kt7w^[20].
• The Empress's located on street is recorded as Government Street^[21].
• The Empress's official website is recorded as https://www.fairmont.com/empress-victoria/^[22].
• The Empress's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}^[23].
• The Empress's heritage designation is recorded as national historic site of Canada^[24].
• The Empress's heritage designation is recorded as heritage designation^[25].
• The Empress's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6466416^[26].
• The Empress's date of official opening is recorded as +1908-01-25T00:00:00Z^[27].

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Geography

The Empress is in the country of Canada^[5]. It is located in Victoria^[4].

Designation and Status

The Empress's instance of is recorded as hotel building^[7]. Heritage statuses include national historic site of Canada^[24] and heritage designation^[25].

History and Context

+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Empress^[18]. Its owned by is recorded as Ivanhoe Cambridge^[9].

Why It Matters

The Empress ranks in the top 6% of hotel_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]