Monument
Fontana del Porcellino
37 locals recommend,
Tips from locals
Maria
July 18, 2014
Located in the Loggia del Mercato Nuovo (of G.B. Tasso, today a vibrant market ), we find the fountain of the piglet a bronze copy of the original Hellenistic marble now housed in the Uffizi.
Patrizia E Gianni
June 11, 2015
unica e di fortuna..
Lisa
June 4, 2015
good luck scolpture of a wild boar called Porcellino
Alessandro
July 11, 2014
Il Porcellino is the bronze fountain of a boar, visitors put a coin into the boar's gaping jaws, with the intent to let it fall through the underlying grating for good luck
Alessio
September 5, 2016
This is a square where you can find the Pietro Tacca's copy of a very famouse statue here in Florence The little pig. Somebady says that touch his nose give you lucky.....
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Location
Piazza del Mercato Nuovo
Firenze, Toscana