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TIL about The Shelter of the 11th. A hotel built in 1929 on Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus. once considered one of the highest hotels in Europe at 4,100m ASL. It survived WW2 despite being the site of significant fighting, but in 1998, it burned down due to violations of fire safety rules by tourists.

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