(ANSA) - ROME, NOVEMBER 09 - There are the two smallest in the world: Caffè Mulassano and Caffè al Bicerin, both in Turin. But also some of the largest, such as the Pedrocchi in Padua, a veritable monumental complex. And then the most copied in the world, despite the battle to defend themselves with international patents, namely the historian Florian of Venice, the CaffèGreco of Rome, the Cova of Milan. But there is also the most "rowdy", the Gran Caffè Giubbe Rosse in Florence, which at the beginning of the twentieth century became a real tratavolini ring of the most beautiful fights and fights of the protagonists of Futurism. Up to the oldest, such as the OsteScuro Finsterwirt restaurant in Bressanone, which was already open in 1200.
For the first time in their very long history, in many multi-centenary houses, the historic places of Italy open their doors all together for the first national day dedicated to them, scheduled for November 13, from north to south up to Switzerland, in Lugano. A great party to discover the beauty, stories and secrets of these places with good reason that have become ambassadors of Made in Italy in the world and a destination for tourists and enthusiasts, with a calendar of appointments, guided tours, tastings in hotels, restaurants, trattorias, confectioneries, pastry shops, grapperie, literary cafes.
"An excellent cocktail can only be made from excellent materials", recalls Enrico Magenes, president of the Italian Historical Places Association, quoting Jerry Thomase from his Manual of the true pleasure-seeker, now considered the Bible of drinks.
"And in Italy - he adds - we have plenty of excellence, starting from all those historic places that live in a continuous commitment to the best but respecting culture and history. Because spirits and dreams, in the end, are not so far away".
(Info: www.localistorici.it) (ANSA).
