Logge dei Mercanti

Facing Palazzo Di Monte, the 16th-century Logge dei Mercanti form a natural architectural counterpart, opening on three sides onto Corso Sangallo, Via delle Logge, and Via Sansovino. Traditionally attributed to Sangallo or Sansovino, they are now generally recognized as the work of Nanni di Baccio Bigio, mentioned by Vasari as the architect of the loggia.

The loggia, with five elegant round arches supported by fluted Corinthian columns, once housed the city’s covered market, from which it still takes its name. The spandrels display the coat of arms of the Di Monte family in bas-relief, while the barrel-vaulted portico is decorated with stone cornices, blind arches, and oculi.

On the upper floor, accessible via spiral staircases, are three rooms now used as exhibition spaces (Andrea Sansovino Municipal Gallery), testifying to the uninterrupted public use of this extraordinary Renaissance structure, a symbol of the elegance and civic life of Monte San Savino.