One of my favorite statues in Florence is Il Porcellino in Italian cinghiale which is the local name for the bronze fountain (without water :) ) of a boar. It is situated in Market of Porcellino .
Il Porcellino was sculpted by Pietro Tacca – the Baroque master in 1634. The original was found in Rome and removed to Florence in the 16th century by Medici Family. Originally the bronze boar was intended for the Boboli Garden and it was associated with the Greek mith of something strong and talisman. It is one of the most popular features for tourists. There you can also eat the best Lampredotto in whole Florence in company of Porcellino. The present statue is a modern copy, cast in 1998 by Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry and replaced in 2008, while Tacca's bronze is sheltered in the new Museo Bardini in Palazzo Mozzi.
Visitors should to put a coin into the boar’s jaws with the intent to let it fall through the underlying grating for good luck, and they rub the boar's snout to ensure a return to Florence.
So when you will visit Florence you have to also say “Hi!” to this nice boar called Il Porcellino.
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