Mercado Central de Valencia

The Central Market of the city of Valencia is located in the Ciudad de Brujas square in the city of Valencia. It is considered one of the masterpieces of Valencian modernism.

It is a modernist style construction that began to be built in 1914 by Francesc Guàrdia i Vial and Alexandre Soler i March, both trained at the Barcelona School of Architecture and having worked in the team of collaborators of Domènech i Montaner, architect who it was characterized by its own style within the lines of modernism.

After some disagreements and some modifications in the initial project, the direction of the works will be executed by the Valencian architect Enrique Viedma Vidal, ending in January 1928.

Since 2004, the Integral Rehabilitation of the Central Market has been in charge of the Madrid firm Fernández del Castillo Arquitectos, directed by Horacio Fernández del Castillo. His intervention consisted of a complete restoration of the building; and an update of the commercial function as a market and its facilities.

This spectacular bazaar has 1200 stalls where all kinds of food are sold such as fish, seafood, fruits, spices, meats and sausages among others, both for domestic consumption and to supply important restaurants in Valencia, with which it is crowned as the largest fresh market in Europe.

The Central Market combines metal, domes, glass, columns, to the Gothic memory of modernism, as if it were a cathedral of commerce, combining with the neighboring Lonja de la Seda. In the center of the building there is a large dome crowned by a weather vane.

Article obtained from Wikipedia article Wikipedia in his version of 27/10/2020, by various authors under the license Licencia de Documentación Libre GNU.

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