Piazza Mercanti
Piazza Mercanti is a central city square of Milan, Italy. It is located between Piazza del Duomo, which marks the centre of the modern city of Milan, and Piazza Cordusio, and it used to be the heart of the city in the Middle Ages.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Square
- Description: square in Milan, Italy
- Also known as: “Piazza dei Mercanti”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Biblioteca Ambrosiana and Palazzo della Ragione.
Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Library
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The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books and manuscripts. Biblioteca Ambrosiana is situated 180 metres southwest of Piazza Mercanti.
Palazzo della Ragione
Public building
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The Palazzo della Ragione is a historic building in Milan, Italy, located in Piazza Mercanti, facing the Loggia degli Osii. Built in the 13th century, it originally served as a broletto—an administrative and judicial building.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
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The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of Milan. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is situated 210 metres northeast of Piazza Mercanti.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piazza Cordusio and Rebecchino.
Piazza Cordusio
Quarter
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Piazza Cordusio is a square in central Milan, Italy. The piazza takes its name from the Cors Ducis which was located on the square during Longobard times.
Rebecchino
Locality
The Rebecchino was a historic neighborhood of Milan, Italy, located in the immediate surroundings of Milan's Cathedral, in what is now Piazza del Duomo.
Bottonuto
Locality
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The Bottonuto was an ancient district of Milan, Italy, located near the center of the city. Dating back to Roman times, in the late 19th the district had become a place of ill repute, brothels and open-air outhouses.
Piazza Mercanti
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Piazza Mercanti” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “商人广场”
- Dutch: “Piazza Mercanti”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان التجار”
- Esperanto: “Placo Mercanti”
- French: “Piazza Mercanti”
- Greek: “Πλατεία Μερκάντι”
- Italian: “piazza dei Mercanti”
- Italian: “Piazza di Mercant”
- Italian: “piazza Mercanti”
- Italian: “Piazza Mercanti”
- Lombard: “Piazza di Mercant”
- Persian: “میدان مرکانتی”
- Spanish: “Piazza Mercanti”
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