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 | | Set under the arcades of the Procuratie Nuove in St. Marks Square, Venice, the Caffè Florian may rightfully claim to be one of the citys symbols. |
 | | Such a varied assortment inevitably fired the imagination and creativity of such a perceptive observer of social manners as playwright Carlo Goldoni, who is said to have entered Florians for the first time in 1721 when still a boy. |
 | | It was not by chance, therefore, that Gaspare Gozzi chose Florians as one of the few places where his Gazzetta Veneta, one of the earliest Italian newspapers, could be bought. |
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