"Il Quadrilatero" in Bologna is the zone of the old medieval market that spreads in the little streets beside the central Piazza Maggiore, and whose present names mirror the arts and crafts that were practised here once: via Drapperie (clothes), vie Pescherie Vecchie (old fishmongers' shops), via degli Orefici (jewellers), etc.
Some of the shops date back to those times and their images could be found in illuminations that illustrate the statutes of the ancient Bologna municipality.
It's my preferred shopping place, here you can find anything edible, fresh, of good quality and at all the prices and, just like all the places that have a thousand years long tradition, it's still today the crossroad of anyone who is in Bologna: old ladies and young immigrate girls, visiting tourists and clerks enjoying their lunchbreak. Anyone who wants to understand what is this city today should go there.
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2 commenti :
E' uno dei luoghi di Bologna che amo profondamente. Mia nonna che abitava in via Solferino ci faceva la spesa spesso quando ero bambina e ancora c'era il mercato coperto (fra via orefici e via drapperie). Brunelli è un istituzione, dove andare a comprare il pesce "buono" per le grandi occasioni e come non fermarsi davanti alle vetrine di Tamburini e atti o ad ammirare i frutti stupendi delle bancarelle
Un autentico pezzo di bolognesità ;D
Un abbraccio
fra
che meraviglia!
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