Baden-Baden is one of the famous gambling capitals
Accepted to believe that modern gambling began in German Baden- Baden in October in 1748, when several owners of restaurants and hotels were entitled to conduct gambling in their establishments. And in 1824 opened Baden- Baden Gambling house - the most famous and most beautiful Old World casino.
However, it should be noted that whereas under the casino was understood as a house of culture, and directly gaming halls could only be a part of it. And, for example, in Kultur Kasino in Bern games have never been conducted. By mid-19 century Baden-Baden became a favorite place of European and Russian aristocracy rest. Frequent guests of the city becoming Russian writers, such as Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky. If residents of Baden-Baden get to know that you are from Russia, they will be a long time to sigh and tell you the legend of well known Russian in Baden. You will certainly show a tree under which shot prototype of the Dostoevsky story “The Player”. True, the same tree you will be shown in Wiesbaden and in Bad-Homburg. Now Baden-Baden is called as the “city of millionaires” or “summer capital of Europe”.
Becoming a place of emergence of modern gambling, more than two centuries, this city managed to retain the glory of European gaming capital. This helped him and even equestrian Iffetshaym, filmed the scene where the races for the film “My Fair Lady.” Here, twice a year, meets all the European elite, not because of the horse, but to party – to sub connection, make new ones, show their cars, wives, diamonds, handbags, hairstyles. All this does not mean, of course, that only millionaires can visit Baden-Baden. They say, having visited here once, people invariably seek to return to this wonderful corner of nature, as if marked by the God. Even not for the game, but simply to coniferous breathe air, drink water. Well, all right, put on the red a whiff or two…
