The Central Market in Valencia was designed by Alexandre Soler March and Francesc Guàrdia Vidal, whose design won a 1910 contest, and completed by Enrique Viedma Vidal. The city sponsored the earlier contests for a roofed market, which replaced an open-air market opened on the site in 1839. Construction ran from 1914 to 1928.
The style is Valencian Art Nouveau, with some influence from nearby Valencian Gothic buildings. The building uses iron, wood, ceramics and polychromed tiles. Iron and glass roof the large open spaces, with domes at the crossings and sloping roof sections at varying heights. Natural light enters through the roof and colored window panels. It covers more than 86,000 square feet (8,000 square meters).
It is a Spanish Cultural Heritage monument. Most vendors sell food, and it also has souvenir shops and restaurants. Tourists and locals both use it. The article gives no hours.
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