Madrid - Mercado de San Miguel

The lively and attractive market of San Miguel, just off the Calle Mayor and in the immediate vicinity of the Plaza Mayor, is an example of progressive municipal development in 19th C. Madrid.

The colorful market, with its stalls laid out in regular rows on two levels, was originally constructed in 1835 and was completed in its present form in 1915 (architect Alfonso Dubé). It replaced the picturesque but unhygienic confusion of foodstuffs and other wares on the old market square. Recently the iron structure of the market building has been fitted with glass walls to provide protection against both heat and cold.