Mercato Nuovo

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  • Address
    Via Calimala, Piazza della Signoria
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  • Transport
    bus: A

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Lonely Planet review

Built to shelter a market in the 16th century, this handsome loggia was also where medieval Florence's war cart was placed to let locals know trouble was looming. It also contains the Fontana del Porcellino (Piglet's Fountain), Florence's version of the do-this-and-you'll-some-day-return scenario; in this case you must tickle his bum (or rub his nose or something).

Dodgy merchants used to be publicly spanked here - check your leather goods carefully or you'll wish they still were.