Piazza delle Erbe - Obstplatz
Piazza delle Erbe - Obstplatz brings you into the historic centre of Bolzano, northern Italy, among streets shaped by trade. The square has hosted a fruit and vegetable market for more than five centuries. Its stalls continue a daily tradition that has long connected commerce with city life. At the corner of Via Museo, a plaque recalls the former Hotel Al Sole and guests including Goethe, Herder, and Emperor Joseph II.
The square began in 1277, after Count Meinhard II removed the city gates and walls and filled the moat. That transformation created an economic centre beneath his rule. At Via dei Portici, the Neptune Fountain rises as Bolzano’s only monumental fountain. G. Mayr of Fiè designed it, while Joachim Reiss cast Neptune with three dolphins above bronze shell cups on marble. Erected in 1777, the fountain addressed hygiene and water supply, while occupying the former site of a pillory and the Narrenhäusl.
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