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Salamanca Market

The Salamanca Market, in the El Molinillo neighbourhood, is a municipal market built between 1922 and 1925 to a design by architect Daniel Rubio Sánchez, as part of the municipal plan to give every neighbourhood of Málaga a covered market. It is a single-nave building covered by a metal structure, with two identical entrances at the ends in Neo-Mudéjar style: horseshoe arches formed by bands of brick and wrought-iron grilles in a Modernista taste. The interior is lined with tiles. It was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 2007. Today it brings together some thirty stalls of fruit, meat, fish and other fresh produce and, according to the market itself, is the second most visited in the city by tourists. It is open Monday to Saturday, on Calle San Bartolomé.

Things to do at Salamanca Market: 3 missions

• Look for the tiles insideInside the market, find the tile panels covering the walls beneath the metal structure.
• Find the Modernista wrought-iron grillesOn the façades, look for the Modernista-inspired wrought-iron grilles that frame the openings.
• Compare the two twin entrancesLook at the market's two entrances, at opposite ends of the nave, and check that they are brick horseshoe arches identical to each other.

Near Salamanca Market

Source: Mercados de Málaga — ficha oficial del Mercado de Salamanca