{"id":4078,"date":"2021-08-18T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/2018\/11\/23\/the-central-market-the-beating-heart-of-tarragona\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T14:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T12:53:39","slug":"the-central-market-the-beating-heart-of-tarragona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/en\/2021\/08\/18\/the-central-market-the-beating-heart-of-tarragona\/","title":{"rendered":"The Central Market: the beating heart of Tarragona"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3053\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg\" alt=\"mercat central tarragona\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" data-id=\"3053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-200x138.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-50x35.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture by Manel Antol\u00ed &#8211; RV Edipress<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Discover Tarragona&#8217;s Central Market\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s said that if you really want to know what a city and the people who live in it are like, you\u2019ll find the clues in its <strong>markets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1915, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatsdetarragona.cat\/mercat-central-de-tarragona\"><strong>Tarragona\u2019s Central Market<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is a worthy representative of the Mediterranean spirit of Tarragona, and more dynamic than ever since its renovation was completed in 2017, which has also imbued new life into its Modernist features.<\/p>\n<p>In this new stage of its life, the historical essence of the market is still very much to the fore, but now coexists alongside the ambition and dynamism typical of the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3054\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg\" alt=\"mercat central tarragona interior\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" data-id=\"3054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-200x126.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/10-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-50x31.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture by Manel Antol\u00ed &#8211; RV Edipress<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Tarragona&#8217;s Central Market and Catalan Modernism<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The real treasure of every market is, of course, inside it: its people, products and stories.<\/p>\n<p>But the outer shell of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaturisme.cat\/en\/route-point\/central-market\"><strong>Tarragona\u2019s Central Market<\/strong><\/a> cannot be underestimated, and the features of this stunning building alone would justify a visit.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Market was designed by one of the most prolific architects of Catalan Modernism in Tarragona, <strong>Josep Maria Pujol de Barber\u00e0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with satisfying a historic demand that the city had been craving since the nineteenth century: the <strong>creation of a large covered market<\/strong> that would unite all the different open-air stalls whose hygiene and comfort conditions left a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n<p>He chose for the project the huge esplanade which is now known as <strong>Pla\u00e7a Corsini<\/strong>, and in the early twentieth century was little more than wasteland where football games used to be staged.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3075\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg\" alt=\"mercat central tarragona fa\u00e7ana carrer Colom\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"3075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture by Manel Antol\u00ed &#8211; RV Edipress<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Curiously enough, the place where the Central Market was raised is just a few metres from the heart of the Roman city of Tarraco: the <strong>local Forum<\/strong>, where a number of ruins still stand that can be visited today.<\/p>\n<p>Thus very close to the spot where, two thousand years ago, the Romans used to buy and sell goods, Pujol de Barber\u00e0 planned a large rectangular building with three naves, built with <strong>a material which at that time was very innovative for Tarragona: reinforced concrete or cement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The building was inaugurated with a big formal ceremony in December 1915 and caused such an impact on the local residents in the early twentieth century that it was even mentioned in <strong>many popular songs, reflecting their fascination<\/strong> with the new edifice.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3056\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18-TARRAGONA-Mercat.jpg\" alt=\"mercat central tarragona interior\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"3056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18-TARRAGONA-Mercat.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18-TARRAGONA-Mercat-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18-TARRAGONA-Mercat-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18-TARRAGONA-Mercat-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/18-TARRAGONA-Mercat-50x31.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture by Manel Antol\u00ed &#8211; RV Edipress<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The success of the design of the Central Market is partly explained by its modernity.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>three-nave structure and the use of wrought iron pillars<\/strong> bear similarities with the Born Market in Barcelona, while its four symmetrical fa\u00e7ades are reminiscent of the Viennese Secession style, especially the Otto Wagner pavilion in Karlsplatz.<\/p>\n<p>The roof was covered with glazed ceramic tiles, a feature that was lost during successive reforms and the impact of bombing during the Spanish Civil War, but which the most recent renovation has revived.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3058\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/05-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"mercat central tarragona fa\u00e7ana\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"3058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/05-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/05-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/05-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/05-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/05-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-33x50.jpg 33w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/05-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture by Manel Antol\u00ed &#8211; RV Edipress<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But it\u2019s not all about aesthetics.<\/p>\n<p>Pujol de Barber\u00e0 had planned a functional market with <strong>space for more than 300 stalls and dim lighting that would avoid spoiling the produce by overheating it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tarragona&#8217;s Central Market nowadays<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatsdetarragona.cat\/mercat-central-de-tarragona\"><strong>Central Market<\/strong><\/a> has evolved a great deal since the days when market stall concessions were granted for one month, or the vendors could only have a single 80-watt bulb to showcase their wares.<\/p>\n<p>The updated market, which now includes a new semi-underground level for local stores, a hypermarket and a new car park, encompasses a space where people not only go to shop but also to <strong>taste, learn and absorb the buzz of the city<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3060\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg\" alt=\"mercat central tarragona interior\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" data-id=\"3060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/13-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture by Manel Antol\u00ed &#8211; RV Edipress<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today, the heart of the Central Market is formed by around forty stalls that specialize in different food products: meat, vegetables, fruit, fish, dried fruit and nuts, spices, patisserie, bread, etc.<\/p>\n<p>This is all high quality, local and always seasonal produce, endorsed by the knowledge of the stallholders, many of whom have been preceded by generations of their families.<\/p>\n<p>Yet you can do much more than simply fill your fridge or cupboards at the market stalls: many of them offer <strong>samples<\/strong> of their products to taste, from freshly-squeezed fruit juices through to a <strong>full menu<\/strong>, and even <strong>specialities<\/strong> such as freshly-made sushi.<\/p>\n<p>In the Central Market you will also find a spacious area to sit down with a coffee, a glass of wine or a tasty meal surrounded by the beauty of its Modernist architecture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3062\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/50-TARRAGONA-Mercat.jpg\" alt=\"mercat central tarragona interior\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" data-id=\"3062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/50-TARRAGONA-Mercat.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/50-TARRAGONA-Mercat-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/50-TARRAGONA-Mercat-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/50-TARRAGONA-Mercat-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/50-TARRAGONA-Mercat-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture by Manel Antol\u00ed &#8211; RV Edipress<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Life in <strong>Pla\u00e7a Corsini<\/strong> also offers a wealth of possibilities for spending an enjoyable day.<\/p>\n<p>Cookery courses, decoration workshops, tasting sessions, shows, face-painting\u2026 The Central Market never fails to reveal a new facet to surprise its visitors.<\/p>\n<p>And in addition to all this there are plenty of local stores and restaurants in the area, as it stands in one of the main shopping areas of Tarragona.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3066\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" data-id=\"3066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-200x137.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/11-TARRAGONA-Mercat-Central-50x34.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture by Manel Antol\u00ed &#8211; RV Edipress<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And we shouldn\u2019t forget to mention the <strong>latest incorporation<\/strong> into this twenty-first century market.<\/p>\n<p>No visit could be complete without watching the <strong>Central Market\u2019s new Carillon Clock in action<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Every day, seven figures from the <em>seguici popular<\/em> (popular retinue) of Santa Tecla dance to the sounds of the pasodoble<em>\u00a0Amparito Roca\u00a0<\/em>(the anthem of Tarragona\u2019s Santa Tecla festival) on the main fa\u00e7ade of the market.<\/p>\n<p>They perform at 12 noon and 6.00 pm every day, all year around.<\/p>\n<p>This is yet another ingredient in a culinary and cultural offering that is bound to put a smile on your face during your visit!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3065\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_9646-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" data-id=\"3065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_9646-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_9646-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_9646-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_9646-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarragonaexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DSC_9646-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture: Mauri &#8211; Ajuntament de Tarragona<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover Tarragona&#8217;s Central Market\u00a0 It\u2019s said that if you really want to know what a city and the people who live in it are like, you\u2019ll find the clues in its markets. 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