Santa Fe ­market

The market in Santa Fe was designed in 1899 by the city architect Manuel Pérez y González. But after some problems with the implementation of the metal armor on the roof, the building was completed in 1905 by architect Francisco Monís y Morales.

It was briefly used as a market, as it soon had to be closed as it did not respond well to its function. made of exposed brick, typical of the industrial architecture of the beginning of the century and a large iron and glass roof in a pyramidal shape. In addition to being a market, it was a warehouse, library, museum and finally housing soldiers.

The architect approached the design of the Huelva market as a large square building, with the four pavilions and central patio covered, creating a single open space only interrupted by the cast columns, of a thinness that made them almost invisible.

This model spread throughout Spain, however, the municipal architect from Huelva wanted to provide originality to his project by applying the Polonceau system. To do this, he designed the building according to the maximum span allowed by this technique, 25 m, inspired by foreign models such as the Perrache train station in Lyon, or the Civitavecchia or St. Germain markets in Paris, with 24 m of span. In this way it can be said that there is no other market with a concentric square and covered plan that uses only Polonceau type trusses.