Pesce Fresco

Top choice in Livorno


Livorno-born Stefano Pilato (b. 1965) is the creative talent behind the sculptures and collages crafted from recycled tools, scrap metal, old hooks and all sorts at his backstreet artist's studio. The funky fish, seahorses and other seafaring creatures – wonderfully fantastical with a subtle sci-fi vibe – come in all shapes and sizes, to either hang on the wall or string from the ceiling.


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1. Monumento dei Quattro Mori

0.29 MILES

Pietro Tacca's 1626 statue of Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany and four chained African slaves was commissioned to commemorate Ferdinand's victories over…

2. Sinagoga di Livorno

0.3 MILES

Livorno's huge concrete synagogue, built between 1958 and 1962, occupies the site of a 17th-century predecessor that was badly damaged by Allied bombs in…

3. Chiesa Olandese-Alemanna

0.42 MILES

This Neo-Gothic Protestant church was built in 1864 for the use of Livorno's Dutch-German community. It's now permanently closed.

4. Chiesa dei Greci Uniti

0.51 MILES

This Greek Orthodox church was built in 1607, acquired its magnificent baroque facade in the 18th century and became a Catholic church after WWII. The…

5. Chiesa della Madonna

0.52 MILES

This Franciscan church, with notably plain and stark facade, was built in the 17th century by foreign communities of the Catholic faith living in Livorno…

6. Chiesa di San Gregorio degli Armeni

0.54 MILES

All but destroyed in a WWII bombing, the once-graceful baroque-style facade – gated and chained today – is all that remains of the early 18th-century…

7. Chiesa di San Ferdinando Re

0.63 MILES

Constructed between 1704 and 1714 but extensively damaged during WWII and subsequently rebuilt, this church was named after the King of Castile. Its…

8. Piccola Venezia

0.63 MILES

Piccola Venezia is a tangle of small canals built during the 17th century, using Venetian methods of reclaiming land from the sea. At its heart sits the…