Which Madrid market opened in 1916 inside an iron-and-glass building near Plaza Mayor?

Mercado de San Miguel opened in 1916 inside an iron-and-glass building near Madrid’s Plaza Mayor.

The market occupies a central site in Madrid and is notable for its architectural structure as well as its food businesses. Its iron framework and glass enclosure reflect the design of covered public markets that spread across European cities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Mercado de San Miguel was historically a traditional food market, but its later identity increasingly centred on prepared foods, drinks, and gourmet products. That evolution illustrates how public markets can shift from routine household shopping toward tourism, dining, and specialty retail while retaining a local commercial role.

The market is sometimes confused with Madrid’s Mercado de San Antón or Mercado de la Cebada. Those are different markets in different neighbourhoods. San Miguel is the one directly associated with the Plaza Mayor area.