http://www.alifeinvalencia.com Guide to Valencia Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:13:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/colon-market/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/colon-market/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:32:16 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/colon-market/ It was designed in 1914 by Francisco Mora Berenguer (1875-1961) who studied at the School of Architecture in Barcelona and had direct contact with the Catalan modernism, especially the work of Gaudí, Puig , Domenech i Montaner and the design ideas of his professors Antonio M. ª Gallissà i Soque and Joan Torras i Guardiola.
Mora’s works were not considered modernist in his day. Mora’s modernism like Domenech i Montaner and Puig [...]]]> http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/colon-market/feed/ 0 http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/mercado-central-de-valencia-central-market/ http://www.alifeinvalencia.com/art-and-culture/mercado-central-de-valencia-central-market/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:26:35 +0000 Valencia Guide http://www.alifeinspain.com/?p=608 The designers, Francisco Guard Vial and Alexander Soler, both trained at the School of Architecture of Barcelona and worked closely with Domènech i Montaner, an architect who characterized himself as a modernist.
There is great beauty in the architecture as well as the tradition and history of the market. The combination of metal, glass and the Gothic columns is a testament to modernism, as if the Market is a cathedral to the commerce-centre it once was.
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All over town you will find excellent delis and ham shops – our selection of the best soon.
SUPERMARKETS AND HYPERMARKETS
In nearly very barrio of the city and the towns around you’ll find a branch of Mercadona, the Valencian supermarket chain, most have been radically modernised over the past few months and are great Value.
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