Hotel Ungheria gave its name to its quarter. But why “Ungheria”, meaning Hungary in Italian?
We’re not in Hungary, the owners aren’t Hungarian, they’re from the Veneto…
In an isolated, 19th-century rural building, with a stable and farmland, Matteo Segafredo, his son Gildo, and daughter-in-law Ninetta set up their business with a restaurant, two ballrooms and bowling greens in 1946. It thus became a local community hub for social gathering.
The Segafredo family, who emigrated from the Veneto, interpreted the local dialect expression “Longaria” (for the straight feature of today’s Viale Borri) as “Ungheria”. This is the rather simple yet bizarre origin of the current name “Hotel Ungheria”.
