Chapter 8
The traditional fair of St. Septimius, whose first edition was dated back to the year 1307, had been much richer and longer, as a period, than the previous years. There was no corner of the city that was not invaded by the stalls, both inside the walls and in the upper part of the town outside the city walls, the so-called Terravecchia area, which stretched from Piazza della Morte15 to beyond the Church of San Nicolò. The vendors, as per tradition, grouped together in the various areas according to the products they offered. Sometimes it was the same craftsmen and shopkeepers who opened a sales counter, for the occasion, in front of their own shop, badly tolerating the merchants coming from outside, who sold their own goods, perhaps at competitive prices. Those who entered the c
