House of the Blackheads

The House of the Blackheads features a front facade painted in vibrant shades of blue, red, and gold, distinguished by a heavy, ornate wooden door featuring carved lion heads. This building served as the meeting place for the Brotherhood of Blackheads, a guild of unmarried foreign merchants who guarded the city for centuries. In fifteen twenty-two, when the local bakers tried to raise the price of bread, the Blackheads led the angry citizens in a riot that forced the city council to yield.