Mercado de San Miguel
Wrought-iron and glass covered market hall from nineteen sixteen, now a gourmet food and tapas destination.
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This guide to Mercado de San Miguel in Madrid traces the market's decline through the twentieth century, from a bustling 1916 iron-and-glass hall built to clean up Madrid's food stalls into a nearly empty building by the 1980s, the last of its kind left standing in the city. You'll hear about the architect who raised it and the gamble a group of investors made to save it. Look up at the original iron ribs and glass panels as you walk the aisles.
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