27/08/2024: The Caffè dell'Ussero (editor's note: or hussar is a soldier who was part of the light cavalry unit) is a famous place included in the list of historic Italian cafés and is located on the ground floor of the beautiful Agostini palace (Venerosi della Seta) also called the Red Palace. The palace is located in a spacious stretch of the Pisan Lungarno right in front of Palazzo Blu. In this stretch the Lungarno is very beautiful as Leopardi reminds us in one of his maxims written on a plaque right in front of the place: "the look of Pisa I like it much more than Florence. This Lungarno is a spectacle so vast, so magnificent, so cheerful, so cheerful, it makes you fall in love. I have not seen anything similar either in Florence or Milan or Rome. And I really don't know if there are many views of this sort in all of Europe." The very ancient place, one of the oldest in Italy, has been active since 1775, in 1839 it hosted the first Italian Congress of Scientists and throughout the nineteenth century it was a meeting place for scientists and men of culture of the caliber of Mazzei , Giusti, Giovan Battista Niccolini, Carducci etc. Closed several times by the police as it was considered a den of patriots both in 1914 and 1944. It was finally restored and reopened on 10 May 1959. It was, as a poster located inside declares, the hotbed of the Risorgimento and generations of students lived there spend reading the newspapers of Mazzini and Cavour. But there's more. In the back, the Lumiere cinema, the first Italian cinema (1905), remained active until the end of the last century.
The first room, which is not particularly large, shows some indications of the glorious past. If, however, you enter the small room at the back on the left you can understand well, from the numerous newspaper clippings of the period and the numerous plaques of recognition, what this place may have been in the nineteenth century.
Over the years it has deteriorated a bit but today fortunately, thanks to new management, the place has regained the vitality it deserves.
Outside there are many well-kept tables where you can have breakfast while admiring the Arno.
Average prices.
Cappuccino 1.50
Sweet pieces (good thresholds)1.50
I had a good breakfast. Absolutely recommended. You will dive into history.
25/08/2024: Very polite! Gave me great tips on sandwhiches to try. I had two decent sized sandwhiches and one small one. This plus a cappuccino was only 10 euros! Great prices for very good food.
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