Bretxa Public Market
Nineteenth-century market hall of arched stone windows over a fish, produce and charcuterie hall shopped by Michelin chefs.
This guide to Bretxa Public Market in San Sebastián traces the site back to the last day of August 1813, when a weak stretch of the city wall gave way for a second time in a century and an invading army poured through. Locals called a broken wall like that a bretxa, and in the ash left behind, fishermen and farmers began laying out their catch and produce on the very ground the soldiers had marched over. You'll hear how that improvised trading spot eventually earned a real building, designed in 1870 by the architect reshaping San Sebastián's growing districts. Look up at the arched stone windows still standing from that original hall.
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