The most Garibaldian
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Bar del Tasso in Bergamo was where scores of young men signed up to join Garibaldi and take part in the adventure of the Thousand; the Antica Osteria del Bai in Genoa gave hospitality to Garibaldi and Bixio for their stirrup cup before they left with the Thousand; the Antica Focacceria S. Francesco ...
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The deepest in legend
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During the Third Reich, Hotel Schloss Labers in Merano was the top-secret headquarters of a special organisation which forged dollar bills for Hitler to cause the collapse of enemy economies. In a wall in Hotel Cocumella, in S. Agnello di Sorrento, legend has it that Claire Jane Clairmont, Shelley...
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The most Gothic
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Caffè Nazionale in Aosta has a splendid circular Gothic hall, the last remnant of the fourteenth-century convent of San Francesco.
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The most archaeological
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Taberna Ulpia in Rome stands on Trajan’s markets, Ristorante Checchino in Rome on Monte Testaccio, built up over the centuries by billions of sherds of Roman amphorae, Ristorante Nettuno in Paestum is in the heart of the archaeological excavations, opposite the temple of Neptune.
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The most copied in the world
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Caffè Florian in Venice, Caffè Greco in Rome, Caffè Cova in Milan: they keep having to defend themselves with a shower of international patents.
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The most vandalised
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Caffè Camparino in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, in Milan, has a record of 87 windows broken by political demonstrators making incursions into the Galleria.
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The largest cafés
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Caffè Pedrocchi in Padua, an authentic historical complex, and Caffè Meletti in Ascoli Piceno, an exquisite building in Piazza del Popolo.
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The smallest
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Caffè Mulassano and Caffè al Bicerin, both in Turin, are the smallest historical cafés in the world.
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The most art-gallery
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Antico Caffè Greco in Rome, with over 300 works on display in the rooms: it is the world’s largest private art gallery open to the public.
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The rowdiest
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In the early twentieth century, the Gran Caffè Giubbe Rosse in Florence was where the great names of Futurism had their finest quarrels and brawls.
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The “densest”
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The highest density of historical establishments in a single area is in Sorrento, in the province of Naples, with 5 hotels and 2 restaurants in ten square kilometres, and in Sirmione, Brescia, with 4 hotels and a café in thirty-four square kilometres.
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The highest
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Albergo Italia at the Great Saint Bernard pass is the highest historic venue in Italy: with sixteen beautiful suites at 2474 metres above sea level.
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The oldest abroad
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Barbetta Restaurant, now a century old, is the oldest Italian restaurant abroad and the oldest restaurant in New York still run by the founder's family.
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The oldest in Italy
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The longest surviving in Italy are Hotel Cavalletto and the Doge Orseolo in Venice, which date back to the thirteenth century, and the Antica Trattoria Bagutto in Milan founded in 1284. The Bagutto is also one of the two oldest restaurants in the world.
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