Antico Caffè Greco | A Divine Coffee in a Landmark of Rome

Antico Caffè Greco is an icon, a landmark of Rome and of Italy, a very distinguished symbol since 1760 in the exclusive street Via Condotti. emblematic Roman artery situated in the heart of the Italian capital, a splendid and great hallway leading to the stunning square Piazza di Spagna.

You are in an area where superb the highlights of the several magnificent Baroque marvels developed in the city shine in all their splendour as the famous monumental fountain well known as Barcaccia a sublime work ended in 1629 commissioned by Pope Urban VIII and executed? by the Master Pietro Bernini supported by his illustrious son Gian Lorenzo.

This urban area corresponds to the fascinating roman district called Rione di Campo Marzio well developed since the times of the Emperor Augustus when it was called Campus Martius.

In this iconic street you can find Antico Caffè?Greco elevated itself as a sacred icon since 1760 and established along that busy and famed shopping urban axis which despite those over two centuries and half of age it never lost its charm and appealing image.

Considered one of the most elegant, classic, charming and artistic literary Cafes all time, its history conquered the World for many reasons because at its tables sat the highest international nomenclature which highlighted the lively cultural life of Rome.

In that unique establishment opened by an Italian-Greek Gentleman called Nicola della Maddalena, a Levantine descendant of an Italian colonist born in Turkey and in a short time since its inception it became the most famous and regarded Cafe of the Italian Capital.

Antico Caffè Greco boasts an incomparable interior highlighted by the presence of fine violet tapestries, elegant velvet seats, stylish framed doors, outstanding architectural elements as great stuccoes, marked outlines? partially reminiscent a bit a glitzy Belle époque Parisienne Bistro but with a refined unmistakable Italian style?visible all around the interior highlighted by magnificent decorations.

That icon of the Roman hospitality is one of those special place in which is simple divine to sit and admire how all was selected with an outstanding accurate taste, class and criteria.

You can start to observe its dark brown wooden tables perfectly matching with comfortable splendid chairs, or taking a look to the the walls on which were fixed several superb paintings placed in strategic positions to show the guests the grandeur of the finest art in an environment able to conquer everybody at first sight.

What is simply great is that everything is assembled in perfect harmony with furniture and a stunning choice of the arrangement of the layout surrounded by a more than captivating artistic aura.

?Sometimes happened that someone considered?Antico Caffè Greco sophisticated, a bit ostentatious or perhaps in something too pompous but one thing is certain, the opinion in just some minutes changes and it fascinates everybody in a while.

Immediately looking around in those magic lounges you will notice how the elegant decorated mirrors find a perfect tuning with stylish and superb crystal chandeliers emitting a right, soft intensity of light on refined red damask backdrops transmitting a luminosity which never distracts the human eye and also that is a very pleasant feeling.

That establishment could represent with its sumptuous aspect and image a sort of an Imperial Hall or also a Presidential Palace lounge.

?The presence of fine marble combined with selected furniture is a further attractive detail next to great aesthetic and perfect perspective of the spaces of the layout.

The environment of that Cafe many times captures the deepest imagination of the guest simply thinking how it was appreciated in the past with the presence of the highest cultural exponents of the most celebrated artistic movements.and much more when we think we are sitting in the same place were sat acclaimed philosophers or composers.

At the same time once you are there, you will have a? feeling coming as a message transmitting that all what you see it is not real but a trip to dreamland but the reality is that Cafe since its inception until today launched that signal to everyone who spent times at its tables and perhaps it is that a special secret which makes that place? unique and simply magnificent in its kind.

The famous and unforgettable Master painter Giorgio De Chirico often guest of that inimitable establishment strongly suggested many of the arrangements regarding the choice of matching furniture.

De Chirico brilliantly managed the style of the decorations and when you immediately visit that sort of museum the first impact is really impressive, noticing in a while the hand of that unforgettable artist.

The eclectic talent of that artist played an important role and oriented the choice of the owner to permit to that iconic genius the study and creation of an extremely shining setting leaving an indelible artistic imprint in the Cafe still alive nowadays.

.Antico Caffè Greco is developed on a long narrow vertical environment articulated with some rooms having special and unique names such as Venice, Rome, Omnibus or Rossa, distinctive denominations which with the deepest imagination give that site a very intriguing and captivating additional charm.

That great Cafe apart that famed painter born in Volos was also in different times a meeting point of many other famous characters.

One of them was the notorious Venetian Latin lover Giacomo Casanova who frequented the establishment during his Roman trips and holidays and in addition he mentioned it in his memories.

Also the most relevant German artistic Elite nomenclature during their stays in the Italian Capital fell totally in love with that site, it is enough to mention Johan Wolfgang von Goethe but also Arthur Schopenhauer, Johann Heinze, Karl Moritz, Ernst Theodore Amadeus Hoffmann, Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Wagner, Felix Mendelssohn and the painter Carl Philipp Fohr among others.

That emblematic place hosted a very long list probably infinite? but worth to mentioned some of them such as Lord Byron, Marie-Henri Beyle alias Stendhal, Orson Welles, Buffalo Bill, Henrik Ibsen, Pablo Picasso, Montesquieu, Fran?ois-René de Chateaubriand, Hans Christian Andersen, Franz Liszt, Gabriele D' ′Annunzio, Georges Bizet, Charles Baudelaire, Gioachino Rossini, Mark Twain, Arturo Toscanini, Silvio Pellico, James Joyce, Edvard Grieg, Bertel Thorvaldsen and King Louis I among others.

Including the Vatican is represented by the distinctive figure of Pope Leo XIII well known to have reigned until the age of 93 could not resist to the fascination of those velvet armchairs, relaxing suffused and soft lights emitted by fashionable chandeliers which probably bewitched him tasting a cup of aromatic, divine coffee, loyal guest of that iconic Cafe just like the previously mentioned notorious personalities.

In the Omnibus room you can admire plaques, medallions, miniatures, pictures depicting all those famous characters as in a gallery, a sort of exhibition remembering many of them as regarded guests.

Some famed painters including immortalised it in their works as Renato Guttuso, pioneer and leader of the Neo-Realism in Italian art and another was the Austrian Ludwig Passini, a talented watercolourist from Vienna who lived many years in Venice where he died.?

There are in addition legendary philosphical quotes with protagonist that place as one by Charles Louis de Secondat, alias Baron de Montesquieu Brède simply known as Montesquieu who said about Antico Caffè Greco :"It's a privilege to sit in this cafe all day and night too, among people of all walks of life, it is the only place where conversation creates reality, where there are born gigantic plans, dreams and utopian anarchist conspiracies without you need to leave the chair.."

That citation dated the 18th century is filled by personal feelings and deep sensations but all that in its kind explains what transmitted that Cafe once you read word for word that famous philosophical concept? by such distinguished mind.

Thanks to its prestige, fame and its celebrated name so known all around the world in 1953 the Italian Ministry of Education declared that Cafe as a Monument of historical National interest.?

The establishment is owned by the heirs of the family Gubinelli Grimaldi who run it since 1873 continuing that everlasting glorious tradition which will never die representing with prestigious years of activity the highest level of the most iconic Hospitality & Catering Industry in Rome.

A delicious Cappuccino, a Macchiato, Espresso, Corretto, a warm cup of tea or a delectable Hot Chocolate are some of the many specialities of the house great if accompanied by any portion of tastefully cake as a superb Tiramisu.

The Paradisi is a further highlight consisting in a refreshing drink made with lemon and orange also became part of the history in the list of that site which obviously serves the finest, selected liquors and brandies.

With its emblematic glorious past, Antico Caffè Greco through two centuries and more of intense life kept its charm and reputation still plenty of class, elegance, style and an attentive, fine customer service and it is still a disitnctive landmark of the Cittá Eterna".

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