Mercado de Atarazanas

The Mercado Central de Atarazanas is a municipal market in the Spanish city of Malaga.

The current building, the work of the architect Joaquín de Rucoba, was built between 1876 and 1879 on the site where a naval workshop of Nasrid origin used to be, of which only a marble door remains and where its name comes from; shipyard.

The old Muslim building conditioned the design of the new market, in a neo-Arab style with Nasrid and Caliphate elements.

After various uses as a military barracks and hospital, it was almost ruined.

In 1822 the requests began to demolish part of the building (its towers) because they prevented the passage through the area. On October 31, 1840, the Provincial Council ruled in favor of the City Council the demolition of the towers.

In 1868, the Revolutionary Board decreed the demolition of the remains of the walls to give work to the poor classes, and the construction of a market, since the city had several places of sale but all outdoors, which was unhygienic .

After the amortization process carried out, the City Council became the owner of the same, deciding to raise the Central Market of the city that would receive the name of Alfonso XII, also known as the Atarazanas Market.

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