Architect: Giovanni Battista del Tasso
Loggia Mercato Nuovo, Florence
27 February 2017
Loggia Mercato Nuovo, Florence27 February 2017
A few blocks north of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence one finds the loggia of Mercato Nuovo (1546–51), a rectangular edifice three bays wide and four bays deep, built under Cosimo I de’ Medici. It was constructed as part of a program meant to bolster the trade of gold and silk… Read More