La Loggia District

The La Loggia district, in Palermo

La Loggia is one of the oldest and most authentic districts of Palermo, former fief of the foreign merchant communities. The Palermo audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this popular district near the port, which shelters the famous Vucciria market.

The district of the merchants and the Vucciria

Welcome to the district of La Loggia, one of the oldest and most authentic of Palermo. Located near the old port, this district was historically that of the merchants and the foreign communities that traded in the town: Genoese, Pisans, Catalans, Amalfitans and other Mediterranean merchants had there their loges, their counters and their churches, hence the name of the district. This commercial vocation endures today, for La Loggia shelters one of the most famous markets of Palermo: the Vucciria market. Formerly the largest market of the town, overflowing with animation, the Vucciria has remained an emblematic place, that becomes lively especially in the evening, when the stalls give way to the bars and the nightlife, in a popular and convivial atmosphere. The district, with its winding alleys, its squares, its small churches and its palaces, keeps a deeply Palermitan soul. To stroll in La Loggia is to plunge into the merchant and popular history of the town. A historic district and a merchant heart, La Loggia is a fine stop of the discovery of Palermo.

What to see

Here you wander in one of the oldest districts of Palermo, near the old port, former fief of the Genoese, Pisan and Catalan merchants who had there their loges, and which shelters the famous Vucciria market, formerly the largest of the town, today a high place of the nightlife; the district keeps a Palermitan soul with its alleys, its squares and its small churches. La Loggia is a merchant heart of Palermo. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The La Loggia district lies near the old port, in the historic centre of Palermo, reachable on foot. It is a public district freely accessible; the Vucciria market becomes lively especially in the evening. The usual vigilance is required in the alleys, notably at night.

Where does the name of the La Loggia district come from in Palermo?

From the loges and counters that the foreign merchant communities had there, Genoese, Pisans, Catalans and other Mediterranean merchants, who traded in this district near the old port; one of the oldest of Palermo, it today shelters the famous Vucciria market, a high place of the nightlife.

Where is the La Loggia district in Palermo?

Near the old port, in the historic centre of Palermo, in Italy.