Central Market of Valencia
Modernist iron-and-glass food hall of nearly one thousand stalls, still trading since nineteen twenty-eight.
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This guide to the Central Market of Valencia turns on a money fight that started in 1881, when the city decided its open-air produce stalls needed a proper roof. Two Catalan architects won the design competition in 1910, drew up iron ribs, stained glass and a weathervane shaped like a partridge, then refused to oversee construction over a payment dispute. You'll hear how the job passed to the city's own architects, and how a project meant to take a few years stretched toward two decades before the doors finally opened. Listen for how a rented stall in this hall became more than just a job.
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