In Florence, there was not only painting but also literature and here Antonino got to know and struck up a friendship with Giosuè Carducci.
His house in Rome became a center of literarian and political debate, with figures like Giosuè Carducci and Francesco Crispi Nine years later he was member Parliament for Crispi's left-wing party.
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