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''Il Caffè'' ( Italian: ''The Coffeehouse'') was an Italian magazine which was published in
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ...
between 1764 and 1766. It was the most significant publication of the
Enlightenment period The Age of Enlightenment or the Enlightenment; german: Aufklärung, "Enlightenment"; it, L'Illuminismo, "Enlightenment"; pl, Oświecenie, "Enlightenment"; pt, Iluminismo, "Enlightenment"; es, La Ilustración, "Enlightenment" was an intel ...
in the country.


History and profile

''Il Caffè'' was first published in June 1764. The founders were brothers, Alessandro and
Pietro Verri Count Pietro Verri (12 December 1728 – 28 June 1797) was an economist, historian, philosopher and writer. Among the most important personalities of the 18th-century Italian culture, he is considered among the fathers of the Lombard reformist E ...
. They also directed the magazine which inspired from ''
The Spectator ''The Spectator'' is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first published in July 1828, making it the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world. It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''Th ...
'' and ''The Tatler'', English publications. It covered articles concerning economics, agronomy, natural history and
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. The most known contributor of ''Il Caffè'' was Cesare Beccaria, a philosopher and economist. It was folded in May 1766 due to the disputes between Verri and Beccaria.


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