Iron frame
French-made.
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The Mercado dos Pinhões, or Pinhões Cultural Market, is a cast-iron building in Fortaleza that was once a public market and now hosts concerts, courses, a food fair and other cultural events. It was made in France in 1896 by the Guillot Pelletier workshops, shipped to Fortaleza and opened on 18 April 1897; the city has protected it as a historic landmark since 2008. It was originally part of a larger iron complex known as the «Iron Market» on Praça Carolina in the centre, built during late-19th-century urban reforms that pursued modernity and public health on the model of Les Halles in Paris. In 1938 the complex was dismantled: this part moved to Aldeota, while the other went to Aerolândia in 1968. Today it stands on Praça Visconde de Pelotas and comes alive on music nights. Check the events programme before visiting.
French-made.
At the market.
Regular.
Praça Visconde de Pelotas, Aldeota, Fortaleza
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