The majestic building of the “Camera di Commercio” (Chamber of Commerce) was built in 1648 as a Customs House by Annibale Cecchi of Pistoia. It faces what is now “
Piazza del Municipio” (Town Hall Square) and has an imposing portico, with three arches supported by rusticated sandstone pillars, closed by iron gates.
If you compare the above photo with the same building in this print by the painter Giuseppe Maria Terreni (Livorno, 1739-1811), dating back to circa 1785, you can see no major differences after so many years.
The majestic building of the “Camera di Commercio” (Chamber of Commerce) was built in 1648 as a Customs House by Annibale Cecchi of Pistoia. It faces what is now “Piazza del Municipio” (Town Hall Square) and has an imposing portico, with three arches supported by rusticated sandstone pillars, closed by iron gates.
If you compare the above photo with the same building in this print by the painter Giuseppe Maria Terreni (Livorno, 1739-1811), dating back to circa 1785, you can see no major differences after so many years.
