Among the “Trasteverian” stories told by grandmother Anita, who was the first to transform Antica Pesa into a restaurant in 1922, was the one about Garibaldi and the Republican soldiers who rested and drank in the cellars, which were at the time dark and humid, but also well hidden beneath the guesthouse. She would tell us that during the battles for Porta San Pancrazio and the Gianicolo, which were central events in the history of the brief Roman Republic that had been declared in 1849 by the Triumvirates Mazzini – Armellini – Saffi, Garibaldi and his heroic soldiers would come to rest at what was then a guesthouse and is today Antica Pesa. Here they regrouped and reorganized their forces before going into battle against the French soldiers under the command of General Oudinot, who were bombarding the Gianicolo from Villa Doria Pamphili. The Roman Republic declared its surrender on 1 July 1849: the dead and wounded among the soldiers of both sides were innumerable. The French entered the city on 2 July 1849 by way of what is today Via Garibaldi and occupied Trastevere and Porta Portese. The rediscovery of military equipment and arms in our very own cellars make the stories told by our grandparents even more credible and further enhance the already rich history of Antica Pesa.