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Piazza Mercanti
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Can you find a strange animal in a bas-relief up in one of the arches facing Via dei Mercanti? Search for it! Someone says it's the proof of the celtic origin of Milano. It looks like a board sitting on its hind legs. Piazza Mercanti is a picturesque square just a stone's thrown away from the Duomo. During the Middle Ages, this was the commercial and governmental center of Milan. Piazza Mercanti, Milan, Italy Piazza Mercanti it was a city hall and a prison. It is not as hectic anymore. Its square does seem to throw you back to the Middle Ages.
Can you find a strange animal in a bas-relief up in one of the arches facing Via dei Mercanti? Search for it! Someone says it's the proof of the celtic origin of Milano. It looks like a board sitting on its hind legs. Piazza Mercanti is a picturesque square just a stone's thrown away from the Duomo.…
That's where you can see the architecture of the XIII, XIV and XV centuries! Perhaps that's why the spirit of ancient Italy still reigns here, attracting travelers.
The center of Milan during middle age. Center of commerces as you can guess from streets names: via Orefici (goldsmith), via Spadari (sword)... Palazzo della Ragione was home of Teresian Land Registry
It was the place where the main market was placed a beautiful corner hidden beside Duomo with lots of secrets held in the marketplace columns :)
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Piazza dei Mercanti
Milano, Lombardia