Mercado del Puerto
The Mercado del Puerto ( German port market ) is a building in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo .
The building, which was built between 1865 and 1868 and opened on October 10, 1868, is located in the Ciudad Vieja on Piedras, Pérez Castellano and Rambla 25 de Agosto de 1825 . The engineer RH Mesures was responsible for the construction of the metal structure designed and manufactured in Liverpool , and Eugenio Penot was responsible for the masonry . The ten meter high market hall houses numerous shops and restaurants and has a floor area of 1687 m².
Nearby is the Edificio Jaureguiberry .
Since 1975 the building has been classified as the Monumento Histórico Nacional .
literature
- Guía Arquitectónica y Urbanística de Montevideo. 3. Edition. Intendencia Municipal de Montevideo et al., Montevideo et al. 2008, ISBN 978-9974-600-26-3 , pp. 53, 134.
Web links
Commons : Mercado del Puerto - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Padrón 2606 - Mercado del Puerto (Spanish), accessed June 22, 2012
- www.mercadodelpuerto.com.uy (Spanish)
- www.mercadodelpuerto.com (Spanish)
Coordinates: 34 ° 54 ′ 20.4 ″ S , 56 ° 12 ′ 42.4 ″ W.