Discover 8 facts about Boquería Market & enjoy our gastronomy
The Boquería Market is one of the most emblematic places of the famous Ramblas and one of the places you can not miss during your visit to Barcelona.
Like many thousands of tourists who visit Barcelona, one of the most interesting places are the famous ramblas and in this place we find the famous Boquería market, a perfect place for lovers of gastronomy and where you can see and taste all kinds of Catalan products, If you want to know more about its history and fact about Boqueria market continue reading and discover more about this popular market in Barcelona.
1. His real name is the San José Market but everyone knows as La Boqueria.
2. It is said that it is the oldest market in the city since in 1217 a group of merchants gathered outside the city to save goods entry taxes and in this way little by little it was converted into what It is now but with the difference that now you have to pay taxes .......... (The life changed a lot since then)
3. t is said that the name of 'Boqueria' comes from the meat of the goat male, the boc that was the most demanded at that time.
4. La Boqueria was built on the remains of the old convent of San Jose de los Carmelitas that was burned during a revolt on the day of Sant Jaume and publicly requested that a market be built in that place and the request was accepted and the construction started in 1835 and finished in 1840.
5. Currently the market has an area of 2,583 square meters and has 300 stores inside where the merchants sell all kinds of meat, fish, vegetables and exquisite sweets.
6. In 2005, the World Markets Congress held in Washington presented with the award for the Best Market in the World.
7. CNN named it the best fresh produce market in the world, surpassing the Union Square Farmer's Market (New York) or the Or Tor Kor Market (Bangkok).
8. Behind La Boqueria is the Corralet cemetery. Here the patients were buried in the old Hospital of Santa Creu i Sant Pau (14th century). These were avitually vagabonds and crazy people who claimed their bodies. Therefore, they served medical students for their internships
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