In the 1930s, the Ambrosiana-Internazionale team—featuring Castellazzi, Alemandi, De Manzano, Meazza, Faccio, Levratto, Bitto, Agosteo, Cerasoli, Frione, and Serantoni—was a regular at the Antico Ristorante Boeucc in Milan....
Caffè Gilli in Florence, where Prezzolini used to meet with the editors of the literary magazine “La Voce” between 1908 and 1916; Caffè Mangini in Genoa, which, after World War II, served as a makeshift newsroom for the daily newspapers *Il Secolo XIX* and *Il...
The Gran Caffè Gambrinus in Naples: the family that runs it fought for nearly 30 years to regain the portion of the café that, in 1938, was converted into a bank after a high-ranking Fascist official asked the prefect to close it because the noise...
Caffè Lavena in Venice, located beneath the Old Procuratie in St. Mark’s Square, is literally flooded every time high water hits....
They are undoubtedly Goethe, who stayed at countless historic establishments during his “Italian Journey”; D’Annunzio, who—whether with or without Eleonora Duse—left broken hearts and unpaid bills everywhere he went; and Ernest Hemingway, a regular at countless historic bars, including the one at the legendary Hotel...
In 1820, at the Caffè dell’Ussero in Pisa, the oldest documented episode of Italian student pranks took place, as described by Ersilio Michel in *Maestri e scolari dell’Università di Pisa nel Risorgimento nazionale* (Sansoni, 1949). A certain Ricci, a student from Livorno, climbed onto a...
In the splendid Sala Cardinali of the Grand Hotel Cocumella in Sant’Agnello, Sorrento—whose walls are adorned with portraits of the four high-ranking prelates that Sorrento has given to the Church—in the left-hand corner opposite the entrance, you can clearly hear what a person is whispering...
Undulating, dynamic, inspired by nature, beautiful: whether from their original construction or following renovations in the late 19th century, over seventy historic venues in Italy embraced the Art Nouveau style. Here they are, brought together in an ideal itinerary to be explored for the pleasure...
These are the establishments which, during the Risorgimento, witnessed episodes that led to the Unification of Italy. Brought to light by research for the 2011 edition of this Guide, which paid tribute to the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy these stories have become...