Il Mercato delle Cascine is by far the biggest and cheapest open-air market in Florence, taking place every Tuesday morning from 8am to 2pm in the Parco delle Cascine that runs parallel to the Arno.
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Because Florence is known for its leather, it has attracted a pretty shady trade in cheap knock-offs and poor quality goods sold to tourists who don't know any better. Keep in mind as well that it's not only illegal to sell knock-offs in Italy, it's also illegal to buy them.
Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center.
Built in the 16th century as an office building for the Medici, and formerly declared a museum open to the public in 1865. Over 4 million visitors enter the Uffizi each year, which makes it the most ticketed attraction in Florence.