{"id":113108,"date":"2022-08-11T13:22:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T12:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/ecomsite\/caffe-aragno-and-the-roman-school\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:19:15","slug":"caffe-aragno-and-the-roman-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egidimadeinitaly.com\/en\/caffe-aragno-and-the-roman-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Caff\u00e8 Aragno and the Roman School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artists of the Roman Avant-Garde<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Caff\u00e8 Aragno<\/strong> was created in 1886, on the Via del Corso in Rome. It was in Palazzo Marignoli, the residence of Marquis Filippo Marignoli<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Scalone d’onore Palazzo Marignoli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was a favorite cultural meeting spot in Rome where artists, writers, and actors were in the habit of gathering in the “Third Room.”<\/p>\n

Established and avant-garde artists were regulars there.<\/p>\n

The image above is a painting from 1930 by Amerigo Bartoli, Gli amici al caff\u00e8<\/em> (Friends at the cafe), a portrait of some of the artists who hung out in that room at the Aragno.<\/p>\n

We can recognize members of Rome’s artistic and cultural milieu: Emilio Cecchi, Vincenzo\u00a0Carlo Socrates, Ardengo Soffici, Antonio Baldini, Pasqualina Spadini, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Mario Broglio, Armando Ferri, Quirino Ruggeri, Roberto Longhi, Riccardo Francalancia, Aurelio Saffi, Bruno Barilli, and Bartoli himself.<\/p>\n

\"Amerigo<\/p>\n

The former cafe has been home to an Apple Store since May 2021.<\/p>\n

Some of the Caff\u00e8 Aragno’s artworks have been carefully restored and incorporated into the shop’s new design, including several engraved panels by painter Afro Basaldella<\/strong> in 1950.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two large early 20th-century frescoes, Dawn<\/em> by\u00a0Fabio Cipolla<\/strong>\u00a0and Twilight by\u00a0Ettore Ballerini, have also been restored and re-installed.<\/p>\n