The Mercado de Abastos or Central Market of Salamanca is a building that was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the architect Joaquín de Vargas Aguirre and which is located very close to the famous Plaza Mayor. This market has been rehabilitated twice, in 1993 and 2001, and is currently one of the most visited places in the city by both tourists and residents. They continue to stock up on the delicious gastronomic products it offers.
The site occupied by the current market always had the same commercial functions since since the Middle Ages the market tasks took place in the old Plaza de San Martín, space occupied by the current building and the surrounding streets. As in the rest of Spanish cities, merchants were grouped according to the products they sold giving rise to the name of the streets that today continue to remind us of those activities commercial: cordoneros, charcoal makers, button makers, etc. The current structure derives from the need that arose at the end of the 19th century to have a covered space where it would be more comfortable and hygienic to sell food, so in the year or 1909, the same architect who designed the famous Casa Lis, concluded This property that has been and continues to be used so much by the city of Salamanca.
Monday to Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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