Mercato di Mezzo
Covered food hall of pasta, cheese and fish stalls tucked into a medieval guild quarter's narrow lanes.
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This guide to Mercato di Mezzo in Bologna starts at Pescheria Pavaglione, handing over paper cones of fried fish to be eaten standing in the alley, and follows that habit back through the narrow lanes off Via Clavature, once divided by trade among painters, goldsmiths, and fishmongers in the Middle Ages. It traces the market hall itself, raised after Italian unification as Bologna's first covered market before slowly falling out of use, and its 2014 redevelopment into three working floors of pasta, cheese, pizza, wine, and craft beer. Order a fish cone at the mouth of the old fisheries lane and see how much of this corner has genuinely stayed the same trade.
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