On the side of the Pescheria that runs along the rio de le Beccarie, beneath the great external staircase climbing to the first floor, open two wrought-iron gateways. Come up to the larger one: on the lintel, forged letter by letter, runs a Latin inscription — PISCIS PRIMUM A CAPITE FOETET: ’the fish begins to stink from the head’. It is a motto with a double edge.