Description
The Pescherie di Giulio Romano are the fish market Mantua built in 1536 over the Rio, the canal that runs through the center between Lago Superiore and Lago Inferiore. They were designed by Giulio Romano, the architect of Palazzo Te, which is why they are also called the Loggia di Giulio Romano.
You see two arcaded porticoes on either side of a medieval bridge, in rusticated stone, the facing of projecting blocks typical of Giulio Romano, topped by an attic of rectangular windows between pilasters.
Next to them stood the Beccherie, the public slaughterhouse designed by Giulio Romano in the same years: it was demolished in 1872, and a row of columns survives beneath a pedestrian passageway. At the end of the 19th century the Pescherie were also remodeled and stopped selling fish.
You see two arcaded porticoes on either side of a medieval bridge, in rusticated stone, the facing of projecting blocks typical of Giulio Romano, topped by an attic of rectangular windows between pilasters.
Next to them stood the Beccherie, the public slaughterhouse designed by Giulio Romano in the same years: it was demolished in 1872, and a row of columns survives beneath a pedestrian passageway. At the end of the 19th century the Pescherie were also remodeled and stopped selling fish.