Market of Piazzola sul Brenta (Padua)

The Small market of the Antique trade, or better, according to his official denomination, “things of other times“, is one of the most scenographic and spectacular markets of antique trade of the whole Europe. The celebrated Villa Contarini takes place in the majestic square in front of with his open gallery and in the afferent roads and inside the ex-Jutificio Camerini, a contemporary example of recovery of industrial archaeology.

It develops every last Sunday of the month (unless it coincides with the festivity of the Easter, case in which it slides to Monday of the Angel).

There to attend there will be hundreds of stands on the whole run, under the porches, forming a hypnotic and chaotic whole. The offer is really enrapturing. Objects really very interesting and only pieces of collection that they space from the furniture to the military stuffs; but to fill Piazzola, as well as the characteristic stands, it is the multitude of persons coming from each part of the Italy and of the Europe in search of the occasion not to be lost and of the only piece! Here there is celebrated the “rite of the market”, that is when the persons discuss, negotiate the price, go in search of their affair, which in some cases can “change also the life”. In fact, what for others has not any more belonging value, for other persons represents a precious rareness.

In Piazzola sul Brenta, it is really easy to find everything: ancient and precious pieces, only and ancient objects belonged also to personages of the nobility.

Passionates of ancient objects coming from all the world, of vinyls, of furniture in style, of numismatics or whoever is in search of a particular object and outside the schemes, here it will be able to find his “treasure”. Piazzola sul Brenta besides offers typival little restaurants, taverns and trattorias of the venetian tradition, wine cellars, and much anchors other.

Here the time is stopped, every last Sunday of the month!