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Caffe Florian, Venice, Italy. It is the

                                                                                                    second oldest Caffe in the World.



                                                                                                    Caffè Florian is a coffee house situ-

                                                                                                    ated in the Procuratie Nuove of Pi-

                                                                                                    azza San Marco, Venice. It was es-

                                                                                                    tablished in 1720 and is the oldest

                                                                                                    coffee house in continuous opera-

                                                                                                    tion in Italy, and one of the oldest

                                                                                                    in the world (the oldest being Café

                                                                                                    Procope Founded in Paris in 1686).
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