Central Market, Sabadell
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The Central Market of Sabadell
(Catalonia
, Spain
) is a large building designed between 1927 and 1930 by local architect Josep Renom i Costa, spanning both the "monumentalism" typical of the construction craze at the end of Miguel Primo de Rivera
's dictatorship and the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic
. In 2004 it underwent renovation work. It was devised at the time as a specially fine model for municipal structures of this sort. On the sides is inscribed the Catalan
word for "market", mercat. Its floor is an irregular quadrilateral, and its basement included originally an ice factory which, however, was closed at the onset of the Republic because the former government didn't pay for its costs.
, it attracted a good deal of tradesmen and farmers from other towns. The need to build a permanent market arised in the late 19th century, after a market in the same location had to be replaced due to its faulty construction, but a permanent solution wouldn't be found until the 1910s
, along with further urbanisation of the city area, mostly under its architect Josep Renom i Costa.
Sabadell
Sabadell is the second largest city in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the comarca, on the River Ripoll, 20 km north-west of Barcelona...
(Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
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) is a large building designed between 1927 and 1930 by local architect Josep Renom i Costa, spanning both the "monumentalism" typical of the construction craze at the end of Miguel Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2nd Marquis of Estella, 22nd Count of Sobremonte, Knight of Calatrava was a Spanish dictator, aristocrat, and a military official who was appointed Prime Minister by the King and who for seven years was a dictator, ending the turno system of alternating...
's dictatorship and the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic
Second Spanish Republic
The Second Spanish Republic was the government of Spain between April 14 1931, and its destruction by a military rebellion, led by General Francisco Franco....
. In 2004 it underwent renovation work. It was devised at the time as a specially fine model for municipal structures of this sort. On the sides is inscribed the Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
word for "market", mercat. Its floor is an irregular quadrilateral, and its basement included originally an ice factory which, however, was closed at the onset of the Republic because the former government didn't pay for its costs.
Background
Prior to the construction of the current structure the area had been used as the city's market grounds for centuries. Researcher Joan Alsina located an early reference to a medieval market in a Latin volume called Liber Feudorum Maior calling it mercato de Sancto Salvatore, as early as February 12, 1064. Being used as an important public space and Sabadell already important in the Catalan region of VallèsVallès
El Vallès is a historical county in Catalonia, Spain, located in the center of the Catalan Pre-coastal range. It is nowadays represented by two separate administrative divisions which are part of the Barcelona Province, named comarques...
, it attracted a good deal of tradesmen and farmers from other towns. The need to build a permanent market arised in the late 19th century, after a market in the same location had to be replaced due to its faulty construction, but a permanent solution wouldn't be found until the 1910s
1910s
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, along with further urbanisation of the city area, mostly under its architect Josep Renom i Costa.