Kafetterija
Café Al Bicerin
217-il persuna tal-post jissuġġeruh,
Lokalità
5 Piazza della Consolata
Torino, Piemonte
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if you are visiting the Quadrilatero neighbourhood you have to stop here and ask for a "Bicerin", a tasteful drink made by coffee, chocolate and cream.
To taste a special coffee (bicerin) , prepared like in the past, in an historical site, full of athmosphere
founded in 1763. The current building was designed by the architect Carlo Promis and constructed in 1856 with its modern-day elegant demeanour: the walls were embellished with wooden panelling decorated with mirrors and lamps and the characteristic small round white marble tables. The success of the café was founded on the invention of the bicerin, an evolution of the eighteenth-century bavareisa, made using coffee, chocolate, milk and syrup. The café was also involved in the Risorgimento and the Unity of Italy, thanks to Camillo Benso di Cavour. It is said that the Count, who was liberal, secular and anti-clerical, would wait for the royal family to leave the sanctuary, instead of accompany
founded in 1763. The current building was designed by the architect Carlo Promis and constructed in 1856 with its modern-day elegant demeanour: the walls were embellished with wooden panelling decorated with mirrors and lamps and the characteristic small round white marble tables. The success of the…