Caffè Florian in Venice, Caffè Greco in Rome, and Caffè Cova in Milan: armed with international patents, they are increasingly trying to protect themselves.
Antico Caffè Greco
The most art-gallery
Rome’s Antico Caffè Greco, with over 300 works on display in its galleries, is the largest private art gallery open to the public in the world.
The Most “Unità d’Italia”
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 part of the Association’s historical legacy.
At the Caffè Fiorio in Turin—a gathering place for staunch conservatives—on March 18, 1821, they attempted to persuade the court apothecary’s assistant to poison the medicine of Carlo Alberto of Savoy, who had just been appointed Regent and had promulgated the Constitution…