Piazza Grande 1899

Historical photograph of the central Piazza Unità d’Italia in January 1899. The image shows a large crowd gathered in front of the historic palaces of the square, on the occasion of a city event. The elegant facades of the buildings, the Fontana dei Quattro Continenti and the lively hustle and bustle of citizens and onlookers are clearly visible, as a testimony to the centrality and vitality of the square already at the end of the nineteenth century.