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Il Porcellino

Tucked beneath the stone arches, on the southern side of the loggia sheltering the city's 16th-century Mercato Nuovo (literally 'New Market'), today a tourist-tacky market selling cheap not-made-in-Italy leather goods, is Il Porcellino (The Piglet). Rub the snout of this bronze statue of a wild boar to ensure your return to Florence.

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