Mercado Central

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Ornate brick and cream stone market hall with a tiled 'Mercado' panel, wide entrance steps and palm trees under a blue sky

Alicante's main market hall is a feast for the eyes and other senses. Dating from the 1920s, it has a few Modernista flourishes; it suffered extensive damage from bombing in the civil war.

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