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Mercat de l’Abaceria Central

Download date: 19/12/2024

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The Abaceria Central Market, with nearly 60 food stalls at the heart of Vila de Gracia, has been a meeting point for local residents and traders for more than a century.

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    Accessible for people with physical disabilities

Working-class market

While the upper part of Gràcia traditionally belonged to the well-off, the southern end was where the factories, the working class and the humble houses were to be found. The market itself was built on the site of an old cotton mill called Vapor Nou, one of the most important factories of its day. More than a century has passed but the Abaceria still has that working-class market atmosphere it has always had.

Popular memory

Like so many other centennial markets in Barcelona, the Abaceria Central has a metal structure enclosed in bare bricks, and consists of three aisles, a large central one and two, smaller side aisles. A notable feature of the building is the slightly curved roof, as if the ceiling were made of giant roof tiles.

This market has also been immortalised by the writer Mercè Rodoreda in her novel La plaça del Diamant, because the main character, Natalia, a symbol of humble working women in Barcelona at the start of the 20th century, came here to shop.

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Location and contact

Location and contact

Mercat de l’Abaceria Central

Address:
Pg Sant Joan, 181
Districte:
Gràcia
Neighborhood:
el Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova
City:
Barcelona
Getting there

Timetable and prices

Timetable

Dies Hores
De dilluns a dijous excepte 5 desembre, 23 desembre, 24 desembre i 31 desembre de 08:00 h a 15:30 h i
de 17:00 h a 20:30 h
24 desembre i
31 desembre		 de 08.00 h a 19.00 h
Divendres, 5 desembre i
23 desembre		 de 08:00 h a 20:30 h
Dissabte de 08.00 h a 15.00 h

Events

Observacions

Construït el 1892, l'Abaceria Central és un dels mercats centenaris de la ciutat. Té els seus orígens en els llocs a l'aire lliure instal·lats a la plaça de la Revolució, i abans del nom actual també es va denominar de Santa Isabel i de la Revolució.

Serveis addicionals

  • Web
  • Servei de venda online i a domicili
  • Aparcament gratuït amb tiquet de compra
  • Sala Polivalent
  • Refugi climàtic (hi col·laboren els bars del mercat)

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