Historic Shops of Ferrara — Press & Media
The official Municipality of Ferrara portal telling the story of 40 historic businesses in the city: their history, their locations, the people who have kept them alive for generations.
The project in 60 seconds
- What it is: a Municipality of Ferrara portal dedicated to the city’s Historic Shops (Botteghe Storiche) — businesses and craft workshops that are part of Ferrara’s living memory.
- Shops listed: 40, across the historic center and outlying districts.
- The oldest: Farmacia Navarra, founded in 1738.
- Categories: food, dining, fashion, crafts, services, culture.
- Per-shop content: history, address, opening hours, photos, map location.
- Promoted by: Municipality of Ferrara.
- Online since: May 2026
- Social: Instagram @botteghe_storiche_fe (instagram.com/botteghestoricheferrara)
Press Kit
Ready-to-use materials for articles and features: Municipality of Ferrara logo, high-resolution images of the shops, a project fact sheet in Italian and English, launch press release.
- Municipality of Ferrara logo (PNG/SVG, light and dark version)
- High-resolution images of the shops
- Project fact sheet PDF (IT/EN)
- Launch press release
Stories worth telling
Historic Shops are more than businesses: they are the soul of this city, the living expression of the traditions, customs and habits of the people of Ferrara, the face of the city’s cultural fabric, kept alive from generation to generation, for more than 50 years, by people who put their faces, hearts and passion into it. Ferrara has lived, lives and will live through its traditions, its flavours, its scents and its illustrious history, but also through the Historic Shops that have marked, and still mark, the daily life of its citizens. Every historic shop holds small pieces of history that, put together, rebuild the collective memory of the city: 19th-century foundings, businesses passed down through generations, crafts that have survived in Ferrara for centuries.
Here is a selection of angles for anyone looking for a story to tell:
- Al Brindisi — formerly Hostaria dal Chiucchiolino, the oldest inn in the world (1435), listed in the Guinness World Records. It is mentioned by Ludovico Ariosto in his comedy “La Lena”.
- Osteria degli Angeli — in the medieval heart of Via delle Volte, next to the city’s last remaining noble tower, documented as early as 1400.
- Birraria Giori — a venue at the foot of the Estense Castle since 1880.
- Felloni dal 1946 — 80 years of Ferrara’s textile trade, from the project of a young couple of entrepreneurs to today’s fashion store.
- Pesaro antica Merceria — a historic shop founded in 1875.
- Pizzeria Orsucci — founded in 1936 by Armando Orsucci, now in its fourth generation of pizza makers.
In the press
Press coverage and mentions of the Historic Shops of Ferrara project.
Section in progress: first articles will be listed here as soon as they are published.
Contact the press office
For interviews, site visits, photo requests or general information about the project, write directly to:
Press contacts
Press Office — Municipality of Ferrara
Email: [email protected]
