Literary Cafes to Visit in Italy

June 15, 2018 3:58 PM

To quote Montesquieu: literary cafés were the place where the conversation creates reality, where giant plans, utopian dreams and anarchist plots are born without having to leave your chair Nine fabulous places to refresh yourself while wandering around Italy.
posted by MovableBookLady (3 comments total)

One nice thing here is the history of each place, complete with names of scholars, writers, artists, politicians, etc. who frequented the cafe, especially important figures of the Risorgimento.
posted by MovableBookLady at 4:07 PM on June 15, 2018

I’m going to Italy in September, so this was absolutely perfect.
posted by The Wrong Kind of Cheese at 8:24 PM on June 15, 2018 [1 favorite]

I have spent hours at La Giubbe Rosse in Florence and it was marvelous. This just makes want to go back to Italy and spend hours at all the rest.
posted by thivaia at 6:20 AM on June 17, 2018