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By
Dragutin Dimitrijevic Apis
Feb 24, 2005, 08:26 |
Central market In the surroundings of the historical and traditional enclosure of the Central Market has been developed an important commercial activity, next to pricked bars and. It dates from the time of the colony, at the time of Bernardine O?Higgins the site was a market of supplies located in a square building of a floor, but a fire devastated it in 1864. Located in old Santiago and near the Mapocho river, it connected during century XIX to the districts where people on high class with the Chimba, a place of suburbs lived and insalubridad, according to she was believed in the time. The design of the iron structure, prefabricated in England and mounted in Santiago as of 1868, belongs to Manuel Aldunate, while the construction of the building, in brick and lime, corresponds to architect Fermín Vivaceta. Although he was thought to exhibit exhibitions of national artists, in 1872 the President of the Republic Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, and the Intendant of Santiago Youngest child Vicuña Mackenna inaugurated the new enclosure of neoclassic style like market. In 1915 a marble battery settled with a bronze sculpture of a girl who loads on her shoulders a pitcher, builds of the escultor Carlos Lagarrigue. Today, like supply center, the colorful enclosure is one concurred display cabinet of products of the Chilean sea, near the 80 premises offer to the fresh public, fish and seafood. In the center of the market marisquerías prepares typical plates of the Chilean table? thin sauce of congrio, paila marine preferred place to at dawn finish off the celebrations of year end. Attention of Monday to Sundays of 7:00 to 15 Hours. The district is essentially commercial and popular, where they converge local of important chains of stores, supermarkets, among others. In front of the market the whereabouts of the buses are located that go to Hill Til Til and Quilicura. In Aillavilú street, one is one of the places of the district with greater tradition and histories than to count. The premises of colonial red facade that only says? Bar, came, pipeño, located to little meters of street Bridge, popular air and with eight decades of existence, in its beginnings (Democratic Club) had another name but by his aspect neglected, President Arturo Alessandri Palm, baptized it like "the Piojera". Formerly place of encounter of intellectuals and politicians..
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