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The fun part of furnishing your home in Italy will be shopping for and acquiring interesting period pieces and exquisitely crafted household and decorative items.
Here are some suggestions where to buy appropriate furnishings, features and fixtures both antique and modern. For items you need immediately, there are IKEA stores throughout Italy, check their website.
Antique Markets and Fairs
Tuscany
Arezzo
Italy biggest outdoor antique market. First Sunday of the month and Saturday before, Piazza Grande
Cortona
End of August through beginning of September
Dicomano
Third Sunday of the month, Mercato del Mugello e della Sal di Sieve
Florence
Second Sunday of the month, Piazza Santo Spirito
Last Sunday of the month, Piazza dei Ciompi
Foiano della Chiana (near Cortona)
Mid April flower and antiques fair
Lucca
Second Sunday of the month, Piazza San Martino
Third Sunday of the month and Saturday before, Piazza Antelminelli
Montepulciano
Second Sunday of the month and Saturday before
Pienza
October, in the cloister of San Francesco exhibit of traditional crafts (metalwork, woodwork,
terra-cotta, embroidery and leather work)
Pisa
Second Sunday of the month and Saturday before, Via XX Settembre
Pistoia
Second Sunday of the month and Saturday before, Piazza della Repubblica (except July and August)
Quarrata (near Pistoia)
Third Sunday of the month, Piazza Risorgimento
Scarperia (near Florence)
First Sunday of the month, June to October
Siena
Third Sunday of the month, Loggiati di San Domenico
Viareggio (near Lucca)
Fourth Sunday of the month, Piazza Manzoni
La Marche
Ascoli Piceno
Third Sunday of the month
Fano
Second Sunday of the month and Saturday before
Recanati
First Sunday and the Saturday before
Liguria
Chiavari
Second Sunday of the month and Saturday before
Genoa
First Sunday of the month and Saturday before
Savona
First Sunday of the month and Saturday before
Sarzana
Every August
Umbria
Citta di Castello
Third weekend of the month
Perugia
Fourth Sunday of the month and Saturday before
Pissignano
First Sunday of the month, Campello sul Slitunno
Spoleto
Second Sunday of the month
Todi
Second Sunday of the month
Rome and Lazio
Bracciano
Last Sunday of the month
Campagnano
Last Sunday of the month
Latina
First Sunday of the month
Monterotundo
Second Sunday of the month
Rome
La Rughe, every Sunday
Porta Portese, every Sunday, Trastevere
Ponte Milvio, first weekend of the month
Via Sannio, everyday
Tivoli
Last Sunday of every month
Milan and Lombardy
Bergamo
Third Sunday of the month
Pavia
First Sunday of the month
Cremona
Third Sunday of the month
Milan
Last Saturday of the month except July and August, Diaz Square
Third Sunday of the month, Brera Antique Market, near Brera Art Gallery
Last Sunday of the month except July and August, Mercatino dell Antiquariato del Naviglio Grande
Every Sunday, Mercato di Via Brembo
Third week of the month, Bagutta Street
Every Sunday, Bollate
Emilia Romagna
Bologna
Second weekend and Third Sunday of the month
Cortemaggiore
First Sunday of the month
Fontanellato (near Parma)
Third Sunday of the month
Modena
Fourth Sunday of the month and Saturday before
Parma
October/November
Ravenna
Third Sunday of the month and Saturday before
Naples
Last two week-ends of every month, Villa Comunale
Piedmont
Alessandria
First Sunday of the month
Asti
Fourth Sunday of the month and Saturday before
Borgo d’Ale (near Vercelli)
Third Sunday of the month
Casale Monferratto
Second Sunday of the month
Fossano
Fourth Sunday of the month
Moncalieri
First Sunday of the month
Turin
Second Sunday of the month, Grand Balon,Via Borgo Dora
Venice, Veneto
Piazzola sul Brenta (near Vicenza)
Last Sunday of the month, Villa Contarini, Italy second biggest antique market.
Padua
Third Sunday of the month
Marostica (near Vicenza)
First Sunday of the month
Vicenza
Second Sunday of the month
Villa Franca (near Verona)
Second Sunday of the month
Friuli
Trieste
Third Sunday of every month
As you can see wherever you find your dream home there will be lots of antique markets to explore. Many more towns and villages then these listed have antique and flea markets throughout the country every week usually on weekends. With all antiques markets it is best to arrive as early in the morning as possible, dealers begin setting up before dawn. Remember, come prepared to bargain.
Antique Dealers
Rome
Antichita Grand Tour
Piazza della Minerva
39 06 686 4278
Cesari
Via del Babuino 16
39 06 361 3456
Galleria Agostini
Via di Monte Brianzo 80
39 06 361 1141
Antichita Alberto di Castro
Piazza di Spagna 5
39 06 679 2269
Nardecchia
Piazza Navona 25
39 06 686 5318
Main antique shopping streets
Via dei Coronari
Via del Babuino
Via Giulia
Via Margutta
Via del Pelligrino
Via dei Sediari
Via del Teatro Valle (wicker and woven straw articles)
Largo della Fontanella di Borghese (old books & prints)
Milan
Al Leone d’Oro
Via Lanzone 16 (near Sant Ambrogio)
39 02 809 480
Alessi (incredible kitchenware & houseware)
Via Manzoni 14-16
39 02 795 726
Arte Antica
Via Manfredo Fanti 2
39 02 545 3665
Di Mano in Mano
Viale Carlo Espinasse 99
39 02 3340 0800
Galleria Gracis (furniture and painting restoration)
Piazza Castello 16
39 02 877 807
Ginger
Via Meravigli 17
Lampronti Lebole
Via Manzoni 12
39 02 760 20 829
Old America
9 Via Bagutta
39 02 794 691
Salamon & Company
Via San Damiano 2
39 02 76 013 142
Spazio Bisazza
Via Senato 2
39 02 760 00 315
Vigano Antiques
Corso Magenta 20
Wannenes il XX Secolo
Via Manzoni 16A
39 02 760 22 400
Main antique shopping streets
Corso Como
Navigli
Via Brera
Via del Carmine
Via Fiori Chiari
Via Madonnina
Via Solferino
Florence
Antique Tuscany
Via Palazzuolo 178
39 055 285 029
39 347 448 3194 cell
Galleria Luigi Bellini (Italy’s oldest antique dealer)
Lungarno Soderini 5 (near Palazzo Pitti)
39 055 214 031
Guido Bartolozzi & Figlio
Rosso Via Maggio 18 (near Palazzo Pitti)
39 055 215 602
Gianfranco Luzzetti
28 Borgo S. Jacopo
39 055 211 232
Giovanni Pratesi
Via Maggio 13r (near Palazzo Pitti)
39 055 239 6568
Paolo Paoletti
Via Maggio 30/r
39 055 215 487
Paolo Romano
20R Borgo Ognissanti
39 055 293 294
Roberto Innocenti di Patrossi Donata
Borgo Pinti 11-13r (near Santa Croce)
39 055 594 1013
Gallori Turchi
14R Via Maggio
39 055 282 279
Bartolini (the most incrediable houseware items)
Via dei Servi 30/r (near Santissima Annunciata)
39 055 211 895
www.dinobartolini.it
Passamaneria Valmar (ribbons, cords, buttons, tassels, hand-embroidered and custom made cushions)
Via Porta Rossa 53R
39 055 284 493
www.passamaneriaonline.it
Main antique shopping streets
Borgo Ognissanti
Via de Fossi
Via Maggio (Oltrarno)
Via Santa Spirito
Tuscany
Deruta and Gubbio ceramic centers (over 70 ceramic workshops and boutiques)
Orvieto (wonderful woodwork artisans)
Fornace di Vinci (see glass shaped in its molten form)
Via Provinciale di Mercantale
Vinci
Rossi Camillo (see artisans and craftspeople of all kinds at work)
Via Lungo Mura del Mandorlo 2
Volterra
You will discover no end of wonderful antique shops and art galleries wherever you choose to settle, this list is provided just to give you some extraordinary places to explore and an excuse for a shopping trip to Milano, Firenza or Roma.
Every effort has been made to provide accurate and up-to-date information. This is not to be considered an endorsement of any art/antique dealer, fair or market. We can accept no responsibility for the results of any negotiations or purchases made on the basis of information contained in these pages. If you discover any errors or omissions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you