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[[Image:Florian.png|thumb|right|Emblem of the Caffè Florian]] |
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[[File:Caffeflorian.jpg|thumb|Interior view of the Caffè Florian]] |
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'''Caffè Florian''' is a [[coffee house]] situated in the [[Procuratie Nuove]] of [[Piazza San Marco]], [[Venice]]. It was established in 1720, and is a contender for the title of the oldest coffee house in continuous operation ([[Antico Caffè Greco]] in Rome was established in 1760). |
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'''Caffè Florian''' is a [[coffee house]] situated in the [[Procuratie Nuove]] of [[Piazza San Marco]], [[Venice]]. It was established in 1720 and is the oldest coffee house in continuous operation in Italy, and one of the oldest in the world (the oldest being [[Queen's Lane Coffee House]] in Oxford,{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} founded in 1654). |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The Florian opened with two simply furnished rooms on 29 December 1720 as "Alla Venezia Trionfante" (Venice the Triumphant), but soon became known as Caffè Florian, after its original owner Floriano Francesconi. The Caffè was patronised in its early days by notable people including the playwright [[Carlo Goldoni]], [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]] and [[Giacomo Casanova|Casanova]], who was no doubt attracted by the fact that Caffè Florian was the only coffee house that allowed women. Later [[Lord Byron]], [[Marcel Proust]], and [[Charles Dickens]] were frequent visitors. It was one of the few places where [[Gasparo Gozzi]]'s early newspaper ''Gazzetta Veneta'' could be bought in the mid-18th century, and became a meeting place for people from different social classes. In 1750 the Florian expanded to four rooms. |
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Coffee, which the Venetians first recorded in [[Turkey]] in 1585, began to be sold commercially in Venice in 1638, and coffee houses soon sprang up around the city. |
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The Florian opened with two simply furnished rooms on 29 December 1720 as ''Caffè alla Venezia trionfante'' (the Café of the Triumphant Venice), but soon became known as Caffè Florian, after its original owner Floriano Francesconi. The elegant surroundings attracted many of the notables of the day including the playwright [[Carlo Goldoni]], [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe|Goethe]] and [[Casanova]], who was no doubt attracted by the fact that Caffè Florian was the only coffee house that allowed women, and later [[Lord Byron]], [[Marcel Proust]], and [[Charles Dickens]] were frequent visitors. It was one of the few places where [[Gasparo Gozzi]]'s early newspaper ''[[Gazzetta Veneta]]'' could be bought, and became a meeting place for people from different social classes. In the mid-18th century the Florian expanded to four rooms. |
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[[File:Esterno Caffe Florian.jpg|thumb|left|Entrance of the Caffè Florian under the Procuratie Nuove]] |
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Valentino Francesconi, the grandson of Floriano Francesconi, took over the business at the beginning of the 19th century, and passed it on to his son Antonio, but by 1858, the establishment had passed into the hands of [[Vicenzo Porta]], [[Giovanni Pardelli]], and [[Pietro Baccanello]], and was in need of some restoration. [[Lodovico Cadorin]] was commissioned to carry out restoration work and redecorate the interiors, but there was public outcry over the expense and because he was tampering with a much loved institution. However the work pressed on, and the interiors of the rooms were redecorated in opulent splendour and rebaptised with the names by which they are still known today. The ''Sala degli Uomini Illustri'' (Hall of the Illustrious Men) featured paintings by [[Giulio Carlini]] of ten notable Venetians: Goldoni, [[Marco Polo]], [[Titian]], [[Francesco Morosini]], [[Pietro II Orseolo|Pietro Orseolo]], [[Andrea Palladio]], [[Benedetto Marcello]], [[Paolo Sarpi]], [[Vettor Pisani]] and [[Enrico Dandolo]]. In the ''Sala del Senato'' (Senate Hall) the walls are decorated with panels depicting scenes from the worlds of the arts and sciences by Casa with the theme "Progress and Civilisation instructing the Nations". The ''Sala Cinese'' (Chinese Hall) and ''Sala Orientale'' (Oriental Hall) take their inspiration from the Far East with paintings of lovers and scantily clad exotic women painted by Pascuti. |
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The ''Sala delle Stagioni'' (Hall of the Seasons) or ''Sale degli Specchi'' (Hall of Mirrors) was decorated by Rota with the figures of women representing the four seasons. The ''Sala Liberty'' which was added at the beginning of the 20th century is decorated with hand-painted mirrors and sumptuous wooden [[wainscotting]]. |
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In 1773, Valentino Francesconi, the grandson of Floriano Francesconi, took over the business at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1796, in a European atmosphere characterized by the French Revolution, the Venetian state feared that the revolutionary ideas could spread also in Venice. The Florian, with its international clientele, had become a meeting place for many French Jacobins, so the [[State Inquisitors]] obliged Valentino Francesconi to close the café.<ref>Pastor, Barbara, e Andrea Libralesso, p. 54</ref> When the French armies entered in Venice, in May 1797, Valentino Francesconi put down the double-obsolete "Venice Triumphant" sign outside the café and replaced it with one simply bearing the name of his uncle "Florian". |
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[[File:Florians caffe.jpg|thumb|right|The exterior of Caffè Florian]] |
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In 1814, Valentino Francesconi passed the café on to his son Antonio. |
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By 1858, the establishment had passed into the hands of Vincenzo Porta, Giovanni Pardelli, and Pietro Baccanello, and was in need of some restoration. |
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Lodovico Cadorin was commissioned to carry out restoration work and redecorate the interiors. |
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The new rooms were named "Sala del Senato" (Senate Room), "Sala Greca" (Greek Room), "Sala Cinese" (Chinese room) and "Sala Orientale" (Oriental Room). |
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In the 19th century, the Florian played a role in the Italian Risorgimento because the "Senate Hall" was the meeting point for a group of Venetian patriots. This group had a key role in the [[Republic of San Marco|Venetian Revolution of 1848]], which would see Venice temporarily independent from Austria. During the convulsed hours of the Revolution, the Florian hosted the wounded patriots, becoming a temporary hospital.<ref>Pastor, Barbara, e Andrea Libralesso, p. 73</ref> |
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Other restorations occurred at the Florian in 1872 and 1891 when two other rooms were added to the café: la "Sala degli Uomini Illustri" (the Hall of the Illustrious Men) and the "Sala delle Stagioni" (the Hall of the Seasons). In 1920 another room was added: the Liberty Room. |
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==Art== |
==Art== |
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From 1893, at the prompting of [[Ricardo Selvatico]] who had been inspired while dining in the Senate Hall, the Florian became home to the ''Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea'' (International Exhibition of Contemporary Art), an ever-changing display of work from the artists of the time, known today as the Venice Biennale. The rooms of the Florian have been decorated with the works of artists, sculptors, photographers and cartoonists. In 2003, [[Irene Andessner]] added ''Le Donne Illustri'' (The Illustrious Women), ten portraits of notable women of Venice, to the Hall of the Illustrious Men. Many of the works of art are part of the Florian's private collection and are loaned to art museums around the world. Music also features at the Florian from April to October. |
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In 1858, the café was completely restored by Lodovico Cadorin because the rooms were not really restored since the 18th century. Cadorin created a great project of redecoration, calling the best artists and artisans available in Venice. |
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The '''Sala del Senato''' (Senate Hall) was decorated by Giacomo Casa with the paintings “The Age of Enlightenment, or Progress” “Civilization educating the nations”, and eleven panels representing Arts ad Sciences. Casa inserted masonic symbols in the painting, allusion to Venice’s close connections with certain secret societies and illuminism.<ref>De Laroche, p.77</ref> |
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The '''Sala Cinese''' (Chinese Hall) and '''Sala Orientale''' (Oriental Hall) take their inspiration from the Far East with paintings of lovers and scantily clad exotic women painted by Antonio Pascuti. |
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In 1872 another two great halls were added to the café; |
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The '''Sala degli Uomini Illustri''' (Hall of the Illustrious Men) was decorated by Giulio Carlini with paintings of ten notable Venetians: Goldoni, [[Marco Polo]], [[Titian]], [[Francesco Morosini]], [[Pietro II Orseolo|Pietro Orseolo]], [[Andrea Palladio]], [[Benedetto Marcello]], [[Paolo Sarpi]], [[Vettor Pisani]] and [[Enrico Dandolo]]. |
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The '''Sala delle Stagioni''' (Hall of the Seasons) or ''Sala degli Specchi'' (Hall of Mirrors) was decorated by Vincenzo Rota with the figures of women representing the four seasons.<ref>Reato, p. 30</ref> |
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<gallery mode=packed> |
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File: Sala degli Uomini Illustri1.jpg |
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File: Sala degli Uomini Illustri2.jpg |
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File: Sala degli Uomini Illustri3.jpg |
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File: Sala degli Uomini Illustri4.jpg |
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File: Sala degli Uomini Illustri5.jpg |
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File: Sala degli Uomini Illustri6.jpg |
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File: Sala degli Uomini Illustri7.jpg |
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File: Sala degli Uomini Illustri8.jpg |
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File: Sala degli Uomini Illustri9.jpg |
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File: Sala degli Uomini Illustri10.jpg |
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</gallery> |
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In 1920, during the anniversary of the café foundation, it was added another room: The '''Sala Liberty'''. It is decorated in an art nouveau style with hand-painted mirrors and sumptuous wooden [[wainscoting]]. |
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From 1893, at the prompting of Ricardo Selvatico who had been inspired while dining in the Senate Hall, the Florian became home to the ''Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea'' (International Exhibition of Contemporary Art), an ever-changing display of work from the artists of the time, known today as the [[Venice Biennale]].<ref>Reato, p. 50</ref> |
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Since 1988, the Florian has hosted a contemporary art exhibition that takes place every two years in conjunction with the Biennale. The "Temporanea, the art of possible at the Caffè Florian" invites artists to reinterpret the Florian’s halls with an installation. Among the artists who have exhibited there are Bruno Ceccobelli, Mimmo Rotella, Fabrizio Plessi, [[Gaetano Pesce]], [[Luca Buvoli]], Arcangelo, Irene Andessner, Fausto Gilberti, Botto&Bruno, Marco Tirelli, Pietro Ruffo, Omar Galliani and Qiu Zhijie. |
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== Images == |
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File:Insegna Caffè Florian.jpg|Caffè Florian Label |
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File:Sala del Senato Caffè Florian.jpg|Sala del Senato (Senate Hall) |
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File:Sala del Senato soffitto Caffè Florian.jpg|"Civilization educating the nations" by Giacomo Casa, ceiling of the Sala del Senato |
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File:Sala Senato Caffè Florian.jpg|"Il The Age of Enlightenment, or The Progress" by Giacomo Casa, in the Sala del Senato |
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File:Sala Cinese Caffè Florian.jpg|Sala Cinese (Chinese Hall) |
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File:Sala Orientale Caffè Florian 1.jpg|Sala Orientale (Oriental Hall) |
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File:Sala Orientale Caffè Florian.jpg|Sala Orientale (Oriental Hall) |
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File:Sala Stagioni Caffè Florian.jpg|Sala delle Stagioni (Hall of the Seasons) |
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File:Sala Uomini Illustri Caffè Florian.jpg|Sala degli Uomini Illustri (Hall of the Illustrious Men) |
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File:Sala Liberty Caffè Florian.jpg|Sala Liberty |
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</gallery> |
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==Branching out== |
==Branching out== |
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In recent years, Florian has experimented with branching out of Venice and now has a location on Via del Parione in the center of [[Florence]]. Florian has also international branches, namely in Marina Mall, AbuDhabi and in [[Harrods]] department store in [[London]]. Its new flagship outlet has recently opened at the Gate Village, Dubai International Financial Centre. |
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In the early twenty-first century, Florian experimented with branching out of Venice and opened a location on Via del Parione in the centre of [[Florence]]. |
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==See also== |
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* {{portal-inline|Coffee}} |
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== Notes == |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.caffeflorian.com/|title=Caffè Florian (in English, Italian and French)|date=2006|accessdate=6 February 2007}} |
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.venetia.it/s_proc_eng.htm|title=The Procurate|accessdate=6 February 2007}} |
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.andessner.com/works.php?id=9&hl=9&lang=en|title=Donne Illustri|author=Irene Andessner|date=2003|accessdate=6 February 2007}} |
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.caffeflorian.com/|title=Caffè Florian (in English, Italian and French)|year=2006|access-date=6 February 2007}} |
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*{{cite web|url=https://www.venetia.it/s_proc_eng.htm|title=The Procurate|access-date=6 February 2007|archive-date=9 February 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209232239/https://www.venetia.it/s_proc_eng.htm}} |
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.andessner.com/works.php?id=9&hl=9&lang=en|title=Donne Illustri|author=Irene Andessner|year=2003|access-date=6 February 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929101550/http://www.andessner.com/works.php?id=9&hl=9&lang=en|archive-date=29 September 2007}} |
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*Pastor, Barbara, e Andrea Libralesso ''Sala degli uomini illustri. Ultimo restauro al Florian'', In ''"La sala degli uomini illustri", un restauro per Venezia''. Venice: Caffè Florian, 2012. |
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*Reato, Danilo, "Il Caffè Florian". Venice: Filippi Editore, 1984. |
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*De Laroche, Robert. Caffè Florian. Venice: Caffè Florian, 2008. |
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Caffè Florian is a coffee house situated in the Procuratie Nuove of Piazza San Marco, Venice. It was established in 1720 and is the oldest coffee house in continuous operation in Italy, and one of the oldest in the world (the oldest being Queen's Lane Coffee House in Oxford,[citation needed] founded in 1654).
History
[edit]The Florian opened with two simply furnished rooms on 29 December 1720 as "Alla Venezia Trionfante" (Venice the Triumphant), but soon became known as Caffè Florian, after its original owner Floriano Francesconi. The Caffè was patronised in its early days by notable people including the playwright Carlo Goldoni, Goethe and Casanova, who was no doubt attracted by the fact that Caffè Florian was the only coffee house that allowed women. Later Lord Byron, Marcel Proust, and Charles Dickens were frequent visitors. It was one of the few places where Gasparo Gozzi's early newspaper Gazzetta Veneta could be bought in the mid-18th century, and became a meeting place for people from different social classes. In 1750 the Florian expanded to four rooms.
In 1773, Valentino Francesconi, the grandson of Floriano Francesconi, took over the business at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1796, in a European atmosphere characterized by the French Revolution, the Venetian state feared that the revolutionary ideas could spread also in Venice. The Florian, with its international clientele, had become a meeting place for many French Jacobins, so the State Inquisitors obliged Valentino Francesconi to close the café.[1] When the French armies entered in Venice, in May 1797, Valentino Francesconi put down the double-obsolete "Venice Triumphant" sign outside the café and replaced it with one simply bearing the name of his uncle "Florian".
In 1814, Valentino Francesconi passed the café on to his son Antonio.
By 1858, the establishment had passed into the hands of Vincenzo Porta, Giovanni Pardelli, and Pietro Baccanello, and was in need of some restoration.
Lodovico Cadorin was commissioned to carry out restoration work and redecorate the interiors.
The new rooms were named "Sala del Senato" (Senate Room), "Sala Greca" (Greek Room), "Sala Cinese" (Chinese room) and "Sala Orientale" (Oriental Room).
In the 19th century, the Florian played a role in the Italian Risorgimento because the "Senate Hall" was the meeting point for a group of Venetian patriots. This group had a key role in the Venetian Revolution of 1848, which would see Venice temporarily independent from Austria. During the convulsed hours of the Revolution, the Florian hosted the wounded patriots, becoming a temporary hospital.[2]
Other restorations occurred at the Florian in 1872 and 1891 when two other rooms were added to the café: la "Sala degli Uomini Illustri" (the Hall of the Illustrious Men) and the "Sala delle Stagioni" (the Hall of the Seasons). In 1920 another room was added: the Liberty Room.
Art
[edit]In 1858, the café was completely restored by Lodovico Cadorin because the rooms were not really restored since the 18th century. Cadorin created a great project of redecoration, calling the best artists and artisans available in Venice.
The Sala del Senato (Senate Hall) was decorated by Giacomo Casa with the paintings “The Age of Enlightenment, or Progress” “Civilization educating the nations”, and eleven panels representing Arts ad Sciences. Casa inserted masonic symbols in the painting, allusion to Venice’s close connections with certain secret societies and illuminism.[3]
The Sala Cinese (Chinese Hall) and Sala Orientale (Oriental Hall) take their inspiration from the Far East with paintings of lovers and scantily clad exotic women painted by Antonio Pascuti.
In 1872 another two great halls were added to the café;
The Sala degli Uomini Illustri (Hall of the Illustrious Men) was decorated by Giulio Carlini with paintings of ten notable Venetians: Goldoni, Marco Polo, Titian, Francesco Morosini, Pietro Orseolo, Andrea Palladio, Benedetto Marcello, Paolo Sarpi, Vettor Pisani and Enrico Dandolo.
The Sala delle Stagioni (Hall of the Seasons) or Sala degli Specchi (Hall of Mirrors) was decorated by Vincenzo Rota with the figures of women representing the four seasons.[4]
In 1920, during the anniversary of the café foundation, it was added another room: The Sala Liberty. It is decorated in an art nouveau style with hand-painted mirrors and sumptuous wooden wainscoting.
From 1893, at the prompting of Ricardo Selvatico who had been inspired while dining in the Senate Hall, the Florian became home to the Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea (International Exhibition of Contemporary Art), an ever-changing display of work from the artists of the time, known today as the Venice Biennale.[5]
Since 1988, the Florian has hosted a contemporary art exhibition that takes place every two years in conjunction with the Biennale. The "Temporanea, the art of possible at the Caffè Florian" invites artists to reinterpret the Florian’s halls with an installation. Among the artists who have exhibited there are Bruno Ceccobelli, Mimmo Rotella, Fabrizio Plessi, Gaetano Pesce, Luca Buvoli, Arcangelo, Irene Andessner, Fausto Gilberti, Botto&Bruno, Marco Tirelli, Pietro Ruffo, Omar Galliani and Qiu Zhijie.
Images
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Caffè Florian Label
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Sala del Senato (Senate Hall)
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"Civilization educating the nations" by Giacomo Casa, ceiling of the Sala del Senato
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"Il The Age of Enlightenment, or The Progress" by Giacomo Casa, in the Sala del Senato
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Sala Cinese (Chinese Hall)
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Sala Orientale (Oriental Hall)
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Sala Orientale (Oriental Hall)
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Sala delle Stagioni (Hall of the Seasons)
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Sala degli Uomini Illustri (Hall of the Illustrious Men)
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Sala Liberty
Branching out
[edit]In the early twenty-first century, Florian experimented with branching out of Venice and opened a location on Via del Parione in the centre of Florence.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "Caffè Florian (in English, Italian and French)". 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2007.
- "The Procurate". Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2007.
- Irene Andessner (2003). "Donne Illustri". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2007.
- Pastor, Barbara, e Andrea Libralesso Sala degli uomini illustri. Ultimo restauro al Florian, In "La sala degli uomini illustri", un restauro per Venezia. Venice: Caffè Florian, 2012.
- Reato, Danilo, "Il Caffè Florian". Venice: Filippi Editore, 1984.
- De Laroche, Robert. Caffè Florian. Venice: Caffè Florian, 2008.