The Straw Market of Florence No holiday in Florence is complete without a visit to The Straw Market. Florence to Sydney. In front of The Sydney Hospital is an exact replica of the boar, the Porcellino, which gives its name to the Florence Straw Market or Mercato del Porcellino in Piazza del Mercato Nuovo which was what the market is really called. The Florentine one was sculpted in 1547 or 1612, depending on whom  you believe, by Pietro Battista Tacca. The Sydney one which is an exact replica, was donated to the city of Sydney by the Marchesa Fiaschi Torrigiani [...]