Google Translation: The Piazza dei Mercanti is in the 13th Century incurred trade and craft space in the middle of densely populated medieval Milan . On the rectangular space that was originally larger , while in the Middle Ages daily bakers , jewelers, hair cutters, grinders , seamstresses, tailors, shoemakers and weavers on their activity . It 's been a long time in front of the Cathedral of Milan emerged . Piazza Mercanti is bordered by the Palazzo della Ragione . The Palace of Justice and the opposite loggia Osii Milan's mayor since Oldrado Tresseno ran from 1228 to 1233 the Palace of Justice building in order to control him , the central questions of justice , an equestrian relief on the facade it represents As in other cities of Lombardy was the Broletto also called the Palace of Justice in an open ground floor which was meant for public meetings and a floor for the sessions of the Council . Whose decisions were then announced from the loggia. This feature filled the building for many centuries . 1773 it has been extend to the floor with the round windows in which the archive is housed . Opposite the Palazzo delle Ragione is located at the Piazza Mercanti another imposing building , the loggia Osii . In the middle of the square there is a fountain from the 16th Which in the 18th century Century has been marked with two covered pillars . In 1316 , built by Matteo Visconti Loggia Osii had the court notaries relocating Unusual for the Lombard style , the Gothic facade with alternating black and white marble was designed stiffeners . Here too was the balcony Parlera called the Annunciation . He is the emblem of the house in the middle of Visconti and decorated with an eagle with prey. On the upper floor are a series of sculptures of the Holy City . Also at the Piazza Mercanti is the school of the Palatine. The building burned down completely in 1644 . The architect Carlo Buzzi built the beautiful palace with an arcade along the lines of the neighboring palace of Giureconsulti scratch. The Eingansportal is bordered by arcades which is reached by six steps . In the middle of the entrance is a statue of St. Augustine , is said to have taught according to tradition at the school.
