Italian Enlightenment

The members of the Milanese Accademia dei Pugni. From left to right: Alfonso Longo (back), Alessandro Verri, Giambattista Biffi, Cesare Beccaria, Luigi Lambertenghi, Pietro Verri and Giuseppe Visconti di Saliceto.

The Italian Enlightenment (Italian: l'Illuminismo italiano) refers to the intellectual and cultural movement that flourished in the region of modern-day Italy during the second half of the 18th century as part of the broader Enlightenment (historically known in Italian as l'Illuminismo). The movement was characterized by the discussion of the epistemological, ethical, and political issues of the time.

Statue of Cesare Beccaria, widely considered one of the greatest thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment.
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