This venerable cafe behind the duomo has been run by the same family since 1803 when the founder arrived from Naples and began baking gooey cakes and desserts. Sink your teeth into torroncino torrefacto (a confection of sugar, spices and hazelnuts) or torta telesio (made from almonds, cherries, apricot jam and lupins).
Gran Caffè Renzelli
Cosenza
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Cosenza's 12th-century cathedral, devastated by earthquakes, was rebuilt in restrained baroque style in the 18th century. In a chapel off the north aisle…
2. Museo dei Brettii e degli Enotri
0.12 MILES
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Built in the late 19th century, the Rendano is a leading Calabrian venue for opera and classical music.
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12.77 MILES
Watched over by a crumbling castle, the Santuario di San Francesco di Paola is a curious, empty cave with tremendous significance to the devout. The saint…
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