Florence: People shop at Mercato Centrale market in Florence, Italy. The market is an ultimate Italian shopping experience. It was opened in 1874.
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Mercato Centrale

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Wander the maze of stalls crammed with fresh produce at Florence's oldest and largest food market, on the ground floor of an iron-and-glass structure designed by architect Giuseppe Mengoni in 1874. Head to the 1st floor's buzzing, thoroughly contemporary food hall with dedicated cookery school and artisan stalls cooking steaks, burgers, tripe panini, vegetarian dishes, pizza, gelato, pastries and pasta.

Load up and find a free table.


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