After we finished at the palazzo, we wandered off in search of coffee and stumbled on an area of antiques shops and a street of stalls with the same. We entered from the back side of the market, so it wasn't until we were at the other end that I saw the sign;
Then, when I told Sheila that we were in the marketo dei Pulci, she said; 'that can't be, pulci are fleas!' The funniest parts I didn't catch on camera because I was laughing so hard, this fellow who has a stall in the merkato dei pulci explained how all the little trinkets were like fleas. An almost direct translation of the North American 'flea market'.
Some of the objects were really something. Lots of old venetian glass, pottery, antique tiles, photos, paintings, furniture, china, the works! By the way, each of the antique tiles cost 10 Euros, imagine how much a floor would cost?
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| Some of the venetian light fixtures. Other stores were littered with them, but none were lit up, so these photographed well... |
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| Some of the "fleas". |
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| A tile painting of a lovely Italian piazza - I'd almost say that it is some where in Palermo or Ragusa... |
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| A tile centre piece that caught my attention for the characters including a woman warrior? |
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| Some of the tiles in this one shop. |
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| The flea market alley, just around the corner from Palazzo Normanni, just off Corso Alberto I think. If you go, go in the morning, the vendors pack everything into ramshackle sheds at around 12:30. |
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| I thought this bike might be a nice acquisition... |
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| More tiles in an art deco/Italian Liberty style. |
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| Something to do with the pieces when your venetian light shatters... put the floral parts in a vase! |
The Marketo dei Pulci is a lot of fun to just wander around. While a number of tour buses drove through, none stopped. It seems to be an attraction best seen in person so you can touch and feel and dive into the backs of the shacks.
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