The House of Cheese, or Casa Del Formaggio is located in Florence, Italy.
Most people go to Florence to see the typical cliche sites like the Statue of David, the Ponte Vecchio and its gold shops, and the magnificent Duomo Cathedral.
Visits between these sites can be pleasantly interrupted by pig-out sessions on fantastic gelato, or having some nice hits of espresso.
However, the funniest thing I saw there was the House of Cheese / Casa del Formaggio. The store front is shown below:
Of course, you can buy things like.. cheese, and other smallgoods like salami, cabanossi, peperoni etc.
Personally, I love sitting around in the afternoon grazing on a platter of cheese and salami, washed down with a bit of wine.
That’s one of the best things of Italy – they live to eat instead of eating to live.
Anyway, have a look at the photo below of the House of Cheese / Casa Del Formaggio – do you notice anything unusual about it?
That’s right, the there is a family of stuffed piglets dressed up in medieval clothes having dinner.
A close up of the stuffed pig family is shown below. WTF?
The House of Cheese / Casa Del Formaggio probably makes awesome cheese, which beats making your own.
Other things to do in Italy after visiting the House of Cheese/Casa Del Formaggio – visit Mount Etna, Sicily when it’s erupting, and watch some Italian Television.
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September 7th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Oh my, are those real stuffed pigs? That is crazy. Funny too since pigs don\’t have anything to do with cheese. You\’d think they would have stuffed goats or cows:) Pigs are cuter thought. I do love a house of cheese myself. We have the cheese boutique close by and I love to buy all of the fixin\’s fro a rackelette and fondue when the weather gets cold.
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September 8th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
How bizarre! And I thought they were little Santas in the first photo. They quickly turned from aww to ewwwww!
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September 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
This place also has amazing mozzarella di bufala… Just beware, the locals look at you funny when you are sitting on a traffic circle with cheese juice dripping down your arms and making a puddle at your feet.
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September 10th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
I’m off to Florence next week on a business trip but would love to check this place out on my downtime. Do you know where I can find it?
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September 11th, 2009 at 7:20 am
I have no idea! I stumbled across the Casa Del Formaggio just walking around Florence! It is in central Florence down an alleyway somewhere. This would be one of many shops that sell cheese and smallgoods like salami! I guess ask one of the locals where it is. In Italian, this is ‘Dove la Casa del Formaggio?’. Good luck!
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September 11th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Oh I remember seeing this in Florence last September. Very odd ! I think it is somewhere in the tangle of little streets around the central market area.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 am
WOW that was ODD, why they took tiny PIGLETS as models? The answer is: There is no room to place elephants in the strore.. hahah
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December 8th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Florence is a fun destination for the inquisitive offbeat traveller. This isn’t the only weird and wonderful shop in the city. Florence is littered with cultural oddities. I would never suggest travellers skip the attractions that have made Florence such a revered travel destination but if you get time be sure to check out other odd places such as the creepy wax human model museum – i think its called the Specola if my memory serves me well. Oooh and be sure to visit Pitigliano – Little Jerusalem in Tuscany located just outside the city centre, quite odd considering that 90% of Italians are Roman Catholic. There has been a Jewish community not only living in but flourishing in Pitigliano since the mid-1600s!
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January 24th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Aww this is such a cute store I would love to go there I mean the cheese looks amazing and the little layout of the store is super cute!! I want to go visit so bad !!
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February 16th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
“Oh my, are those real stuffed pigs?” at the first glace i thought it was too.. but its not.. check its hands hahaha.. thank you for this post.. will add you to my rss feeds
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March 16th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Stuffed piglets? So you mean to say those are dead stuffed pigs right? I thought it’s just a toy. LOL Those family of pigs is a great attraction to customers for Casa del Formaggio.
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March 29th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Those stuffed piglets have made my day, it’s like the Mad Hatters tea party. Brilliant. A house of cheese though? Wonder what they sell there?
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April 17th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Very interesting! I will surely visit this place when I go to Florence.
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May 11th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
interessante e bella da vedere, saranno senz’altro ottimi formaggi.Quando capita sarà una meta e una mia curiosità, e perche no anche una assagiata………
Ciao
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May 24th, 2010 at 8:18 am
Looks great – I love cheese & salami!!
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August 5th, 2010 at 5:48 am
My family loves cheese except me that is not really a cheese lover unlike my hubb that put a spoon full cheese into his bread.
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August 7th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Oh,Look at those pigs. I really thought they are just a decoration,aren’t they?
Anyways,Italy is indeed a wonderful place to go and relax! I love to eat a platter of cheese with salami too!
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