Francesco Procopio Cuto is born in Sicilia in the 18th century. He had inherited from his grand father a machine able to make ice cream by hand. With a strong entrepreneurial spirit, he will prefer to export its goods
The very ancient « rue des Barres » already existed in 1250 and had several names, the « ruelle au Moulin-des-Barres », the « ruelle des Moulins-du-Temple » then the « rue du Chevet-Saint-Gervais » until the 17th century. Rive Droite (up the Seine river on the North),
At that time, they start to build rental housing units. Owners select for themselves the first floor, also named the « Great floor » or « Noble floor ». Below, they rent the ground floor to shopkeepers who live in the mezzanine floor
All the roads lead to Roma! Across the countryside, the Via Romana connected La Gaulle to Roma through Lyon city by the South of France. The Place of Italia became the new name in the actual Paris of the crossroad
