The Ristorante Biaggi in Lugano, the forerunner of the Grand Café Al Porto, was where Giuseppe Mazzini met exiled patriots from 1831 through to 1870. In August 1848 he was here with Carlo Cattaneo, after they had escaped from Milan when the Five Days collapsed. Cattaneo chose exile in Castagnola, now a district of Lugano, and became a regular.