In 1875 maurizio bettoja bought the ground floor of the building where hotel massimo dazeglio currently stands which at the time housed a long established restaurant originali a tavern opened for the jubilee of 1575 near the basilica of s mary major maurizio bettojas son angelo had a feeling that it would be an ideal location for a hotel after hiring a manager and staff he bought the rest of the building and transformed it into hotel massimo dazeglio named after the famous xix c stat