Los mercados de alimentos en la ciudad de Rosario

Since the mid-19th century, Rosario was supported by agro-export production, where the countryside, railways, ports and its utilitarian buildings played key roles in its development. To date, at the local level, the cultural and heritage value of the latter has been barely studied, disseminated and/or preserved. In this context, the present work has proposed to record the urban architectural characteristics of the different food markets, with the aim of recognizing their heritage importance. From what was observed, two types of proposals were identified: those that are developed in open spaces and those that are in closed spaces. The latter presented distinctive typological and formal characteristics of the industrial architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, differing from each other according to the available lots. Among the paradigmatic cases, the Model Fair and the Food Producers Market stand out, both built in the 1960s, where some of the ideas of the Modern Movement were incorporated.