Mercado Modelo
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S 12° 58.379 W 038° 30.819
24L E 552746 N 8565801
Quick Description: The Mercado Modelo is located in the city of Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil.
Location: Bahia, Brazil
Date Posted: 11/3/2009 3:28:04 PM
Waymark Code: WM7K6H
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Long Description:Located in Commerce, is one of the oldest commercial and
traditional areas and of Salvador, constitutes an important tourist
attraction. Before the Baía de Todos os Santos, and neighbor of
Lacerda's Elevator a and Historical Center / Pelourinho.
It houses two hundred sixty-three stores offering the largest
variety of handicrafts, gifts and souvenirs of Bahia, with two of
the most traditional Bahian cuisine restaurants, the Maria de S.
Pedro, with eighty years of existence and Camafeu de Oxossi.
Opened in 1912, the Mercado Modelo arose the need for a supply
center in the Salvador's Lower Town. Between the Customs and the
Largo da Conceição, was a shopping center where you could buy items
as varied as fresh produce, grains, animals, cigars, rum, and
articles for Candomblé.
It was served by the ramp that bears his name, the old port of
sailors who crossed the Baía de Todos os Santos.
In 1969 he was the victim of the most devastating fire in its
history, to the point that was made necessary the demolition of the
old property. As of February 2, 1971, moved to the building of 3rd
Salvador Customs, built in neoclassical style in 1861, registered
by the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN). At
the site, which operated the primitive Market, was erected a
sculpture of Mario Cravo Junior.
A new fire that destroyed the premises led to an extensive
reform of the building in 1984, allowing its reopening.
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