Market
Fishmarket
Secession-era stone and iron market hall, deliberately built beside a sulfur spring that keeps the fish stalls free of flies.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Split's old Fishmarket follows a strange piece of civic engineering: builders deliberately placed the hall over a sulfur spring said to have once drawn a Roman emperor, using its rotten-egg smell to keep flies off the catch instead of nets or screens. You'll hear about the Secession-era stone and iron hall raised in 1890, built to survive a damp, sulfurous atmosphere day after day, and the moment it opened to a witness comparing it to the grim yard it replaced. Stand at the stone counters and notice what a market designed around a bad smell actually achieves.
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