Iron structure
Art Nouveau.
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The São Brás Market is a historic building in Belém from the Amazon «Rubber Cycle», begun on 1 May 1910 and finished on 21 May 1911. It was built to handle the busy trade brought by the Belém–Bragança railway, whose last stop was in the São Brás district, and to extend the city's food supply, until then concentrated in the Ver-o-Peso market. It is built of iron in a mix of Art Nouveau and neoclassical styles, with sculpted iron details and decorative tiles; its materials and workers were brought from Italy, and the work was carried out by the Italian engineer Filinto Santoro. After several renovations it was fully restored as part of Belém's preparations to host the COP30 climate conference, becoming a modern complex of about 16,000 square metres with underground parking, lifts and new mezzanine floors, while keeping its historic iron structure. Today the market holds a food hall with dozens of restaurants and stalls serving Pará's Amazonian cuisine, alongside the renewed stalls of the traditional market. Entry is free; check the restaurants' opening times.
Art Nouveau.
Pará cuisine.
For COP30.
São Brás district, Belém
A food hall with dozens of Amazonian restaurants and stalls plus the traditional market stalls, after its restoration for COP30.
