Loggia dei Mercanti

Le Marche


This arcaded Renaissance landmark is one of several historic buildings fronting Piazza della Libertà, Macerata's showpiece square. Built in 1505 for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the soon-to-be Pope Paul III, it originally housed travelling merchants selling their wares.


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