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added in the basement. For
reduced rate parking, have
a market vendor stamp your
receipt. On the ground floor
there are dozens of stalls
selling meat, fish, cheese
and typical Tuscan takeaway
foods, such as
porchetta
(roast
suckling pig). Fruit, vegetables
and flowers are sold on
the top floor.
Grand Duke
(see p49)
. It was
carved by Baccio Bandinelli
in 1540, and is almost hidden
from view among the market
stalls stretching all the way up
the side of San Lorenzo
church and into the streets
leading off the piazza. The
stalls closest to the church
cater mostly for tourists,
selling leather goods, T-shirts
and souvenirs. In the streets
around the market, everything
from lentils to bargain-priced
clothes is sold. The neigh-
bouring shops have become
an integral part of the market,
selling cheeses, hams, home-
baked bread, pastries,
fabrics and table linen.
Mercato Centrale
Mercato
Centrale
1
Via dell'Ariento 10-14
.
Map
1 C4
(5 C1)
.
San Lorenzo
2
See pp90-91.
7am-2pm Mon-Sat.
Underground car park
#
24
hours a day, seven days a week.
#
Piazza di
San Lorenzo
3
Map
1 C5 (6 D1)
.
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Right in the heart of the
San Lorenzo street market is
Florence's busiest food market,
the bustling Mercato Centrale.
It is housed in a vast two-storey
building made of cast-iron
and glass, which was built in
1874 by Giuseppe Mengoni.
During restoration in 1980, a
mezzanine floor was
constructed and a car park was
9am-7:30pm Tue-Sat.
At the western end of the
piazza, near the entrance to
San Lorenzo church, there is a
statue of Giovanni delle
Bande Nere, mercenary and
father of Cosimo I, first Medici
Statue of Giovanni delle Bande Nere
in Piazza di San Lorenzo
Palazzo Pucci
4
Via de' Pucci 6
.
Map
2 D5 (6 E1)
.
Tel
055 28 30 61.
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to the public.
The Palazzo Pucci is the
ancestral home of clothes
designer Emilio Pucci,
Marchese di Barsento. The
Pucci family, traditionally
friends and allies of the
Medici, feature prominently
in Florence's history, and
this large palace was built in
the 16th century to designs
by Bartolomeo Ammannati.
Emilio Pucci's boutique
can be found at Via de'
Tornabuoni 22r. In the past,
haute couture
clients were
fitted out in palatial rooms
above the showroom. Pucci
is most famous for smart but
casual clothes, and designed
the stylish blue uniforms
worn by Florentine traffic
police, the
vigili urbani
(see p301)
.
San Lorenzo street market
