Piazza Grande and the Portici del Grano

Piazza Grande in Parma, site of the weekly market in a detail of a manuscript plan of 1460 (Parma, State Archives).

Piazza Grande in Parma in a 1698 plan showing the different spaces assigned to the stalls of the weekly market (Parma, Municipal Historical Archive).

Plan of Piazza Grande with market spaces following the renovation work by Court Architect Ennemond Alexandre Petitot in 1760 (Parma, Municipal Historical Archive).

Map of the Parma market at the end of the 18th century (Parma, Municipal Historical Archive).

Partial view of Piazza Grande on market day seen from the portico of Palazzo del Governatore. Lithography, 1848 (Parma, Private collection).

GIUSEPPE BERTOLUZZI, Portico dei Mercanti a Parma, ca. 1829 (Parma, Private collection).

GIULIO CARMIGNANI, La piazza di Parma in giorno di mercato, 1848 (Parma, Private collection).

GIUSEPPE BOCCACCIO, Veduta della Piazza Grande di Parma, first half of the 19th century (Parma, Cariparma Foundation Art Collections).

LUIGI MARCHESI, La Piazza Grande il giorno di mercato, 1849-1850 (Parma, Galleria Nazionale)

PAOLO BARATTA, La Piazza Grande con i banchi del mercato, 1851 (Parma, Private collection).

Piazza Grande in Parma on market day, ca. 1850 (Parma, Biblioteca Palatina)

Piazza Grande in Parma on market day, ca. 1850 (Parma, Biblioteca Palatina)

Steady stream of carts and carriages by the Town Hall on market day, shown in a 1902 postcard (Parma, Aurea Parma Collection).

The square alive with stalls and small clusters of men wearing cloaks in the 1880s.

Piazza Garibaldi as it appears today: cafe tables instead of the market.