Learn about the Italian inventions that changed the world. We have so much to thank the Italians for from the Roman roads to their delicious cuisine which is why so many of us love to visit Italy, to the lively streets and ancient ruins of a Rome city break to mountainous Abruzzo villa holidays. But they have also brought all manner of fantastic, life changing inventions which have helped shape society to become what it is today.
Perhaps the least surprising invention to feature on this list is La Moka, the espresso machine. It was built and patented by Angelo Moriondo of Turin, who first demonstrated his invention at the Turin General Exposition of 1884 and was granted a patent in the same year for ‘new steam machinery for the economic and instantaneous confection of coffee beverage’.
