Mercado La Ribera - Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, España
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N 43° 15.343 W 002° 55.433
30T E 506178 N 4789215
Modernism and Guiness world record
Waymark Code: WM139FJ
Location: País Vasco, Spain
Date Posted: 10/19/2020
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"In the 14th century the market area of Bilbao was established in the Plaza Vieja or Mayor, next to the church of San Antón . This point was considered "the nerve center of the Villa". The market that was formed there had, in the words of Emiliano de Arriaga :
a market well stocked with what the most refined gourmet could desire .
In 1870 all the positions were already covered with a tejavana providing stable shelter from the inclement weather, the different positions had begun to be filled around the year 1840 . Shortly after, a much larger enclosure was built in cast and wrought iron and glass, following the modernist architecture fashion of the time. This new enclosure closed some of the sides and maintained a passage for pedestrians inside. This enclosure had a serious heat concentration problem for which an irrigation system was installed on its roof to make the interior temperature not unbearable. In 1850 a quality control service was established for fish, milk and meat.
In 1928 the decision was taken to build a new market that would allow the increase in the number of stalls. The 22 of August of 1929 a new building was inaugurated made of concrete reinforced work of the architect Pedro de Ispizua done in style rationalisttypical of the time. The project, in which functionality was sought, is based on open spaces without interior columns, with good ventilation to avoid unwanted odors and with very careful natural lighting in which translucent materials are used that allow the passage of overhead light from one floor to another and the use of large stained glass windows, lattices and rosettes. All this, together with the decoration of its facades, forms an eclectic art deco style ."
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