San Miguel Market
El Mercado de San Miguel, located on the square of the same name, near the Plaza Mayor of Madrid ( Spain ) is a market of private ownership as the most remarkable feature is that it preserves the original structure of iron in the early twentieth century . It has two floors and an area of 1,200 square meters.
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It was built between 1913 and 1916 under the supervision of the architect Alfonso Díez Dubé and inspired by other European markets made iron style of The Les Halles . However, their business is much earlier, as its location was formerly a food market outside.
Originally, the site occupied by the market was the site of the parish church of San Miguel de octo, where he was named Lope de Vega . While it is not known if the building was the original, the parish already existed in the early thirteenth century, as discussed in the forum of Madrid in 1202. The entire area, including the temple was razed by a terrible fire in 1790 . Despite being upgraded, its status remained a concern, so much so that in 1804 Juan de Villanueva recommended its demolition. The demolition took place on November 28th of 1809 by order of King José I Bonaparte , in his policy of opening up spaces in the town of Madrid. The site became a public square in which it held a market of perishable products , to what they were rows of wooden crates and stalls. The economist and was once governor of Madrid, D. Pascual Madoz , in his Geographical Dictionary, Historical Statistics of Spain-asserted in 1847 that the street market welcomed one hundred twenty-eight drawers and eighty-eight stalls.
During the second half of the nineteenth century began to break through hygienic and functional ideas of city planners, physicians and scientists who sought to remedy the problems of filth and unhealthiness of street markets. The journalist and writer Madrid Ramón de Mesonero Romans (1803-1882), master of custom items , reflected in many writings of the plight of the squares of the time. Furthermore, another serious problem caused by interfering with the growing traffic andpedestrians in the capital, as the markets were attracting new sellers and buyers who were scattered by the surrounding streets. Already in 1835 the architect Joaquín Henri designed a project that would appear in the Journal of Notices of Madrid , of which only came to build the front cover to hide the drawers of the market stalls of sight of passersby. However, not until the 1870s when the city starts building covered markets, of which at the end of the century and there were four, all with iron structure. These were the markets Mostenses (built in 1875), Barley (1875), Chamberí (1876) and Peace (1882). Despite the construction of these new markets, there was still not sufficient to meet the demand of a growing city, so there remained open-air markets in the public squares.
El Mercado de San Miguel was inaugurated on May 13th of 1916 . It was built in two phases (the first completed in 1914) not to disrupt the commercial operation of the market. Its most characteristic are the linchpins of cast iron structure, the composition of the decks , the drainage system and the crest ceramic crown cover. The cost of the work was three hundred thousand pesetas. The exterior glazing is later. San Miguel is the only show of its kind in the city remains the so-called iron architecture , as all covered market built in the last third of the nineteenth century were demolished and, in general, replaced by new constructions.
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In 1999 the Community of Madrid discussed with European funds and the traders themselves remodeling which amounted to 150 million pesetas and the market returned to its original appearance. However, his business was withering away because their facilities could not compete against modern supermarkets andshopping centers .
To avoid death, a group of individuals with interests architectural, gastronomic and belonging to different cultural and social contexts have shaped the society:The Gourmet of San Miguel, the current majority owner of the market. Its aim is to revive and enhance its traditional business by creating a market with reference to the La Boqueria in Barcelona, with a focus on offering high quality products, seasonal food , counseling Dining chance to try something that will be part of the shopping cart, eating or taking time pecking, with the advantage of flexible hours. Giving new life into the gastronomy of Madrid , Spanish and even internationally. In addition, El Gastródomo San Miguel wants to be part of the agenda by events in Madrid in different activities related to recreation and culture, helping to revitalize the old capital.
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