English: Cafe Procope plaque describing it is oldest cafe in the world. It reads: " Café Procope. Here founded Procopio dei Coltelli in 1686 the oldest coffeehouse in the world and the most famous center of the literary and philosophic life of the 18th and 19th centuries. It was frequented by La Fontaine, Voltaire and the Encyclopedistes: Benjamin Franklin, Danton, Marat, Robespierre, Napoleon Bonaparte, Balzac, Victor Hugo, Gambetta, Verlaine and Anatole France."
CAFÉ PROCOPE
ICI
PROCOPIO DEI COLTELLI
FONDA EN 1686
LE PLUS ANCIEN CAFÉ DU MONDE
ET LE PLUS CÉLÈBRE CENTRE
DE LA VIE LITTÉRAIRE ET PHILOSOPHIQUE
AU 18E ET AU 19E SIÈCLES.
IL FUT FRÉQUENTÉ PAR
LA FONTAINE, VOLTAIRE,
LES ENCYCLOPÉDISTES
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, DANTON, MARAT,
ROBESPIERRE, NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE,
BALZAC, VICTOR HUGO,
GAMBETTA, VERLAINE,
ET ANATOLE FRANCE.
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