The Mercado Publico of San Lorenzo de El Escorial !!

Posted in Food and Wine, Madrid, Spain

I am staying in wonderful worldly San Lorenzo de El Escorial; I like to update this older post with new text and links for you and me. Therefore, here is my take on the Mercado Publico de San Lorenzo de El Escorial !! Hope you enjoy this post as I.

San Lorenzo de El Escorial mercado san lorenzo entr aug17

The architectural and historical significance of it makes me turn to find it. We did walked the wonderful streets of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. The market shopping as we do anywhere! was a nice experience. Right next to the Mercado Publico there was a nice place to eat one of our favorite and of course, we rather went it for some munchies before lunch, We got some churros at La Churreria next to the market!!! while waiting for lunch !!! Another nice spot to take home is Panaderia Natalia where you can buy bread from La Tahona, dairy, Bimbo brand bread, pasta and artisan products of Madrid, fried potatoes, soft drinks and pastry. The spot is next to the main market stairs. I got my dear late wife Martine back of head above pic lol!

San Lorenzo de El Escorial la churreria calle del rey 7 next to mercado aug17

A bit of history I like tell us that at the end of the 18C, the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial promotes its last great work for the common of the neighbors, which consists of a large house for the storage of wines, genres of Abacería shop; fish, bacon and other bouquets and rooms. In 1797 the urban center of San Lorenzo was already consolidated, which made it impossible to find a central place in which to build the building, so the place occupied by the overseer was chosen for its placement. The project is entrusted to Juan de Villanueva and his works are developed between 1797 and 1806. In the construction highlights the main facade made of granite ashlars, access through a large central arch and the arches that form the inner courtyard.  Due to the increase in the number of students of the School of Children of First Letters of the Casa de los Soportales (Royal supporters committee) since 1794, the governor propose its transfer to this building, commissioning Juan de Villanueva to lift a new plant in 1806 which was accessed by Calle Francisco Muñoz. Both the educational and commercial functions are maintained until, in 1873, the poor state of the same forces the City Council to auction its reconstruction. After this work, which will cover the inner courtyard, it becomes a building appreciated for its adequate conditioning. During the Spanish Civil War it had to suffer certain damages due to his abandonment, losing his superior glazing.

In 1949 the Mayor of San Lorenzo de El Escorial requested the realization of different works to prevent its collapse. In this way the glazed roof is recovered by means of a skylight, the second floor is closed with the current gallery and a “T” staircase is introduced between the first two levels. Shortly after the new skylight sinks because of a great snowfall.  One of the largest repair works is carried out in 1967, again because of the risk of the roof collapsing. At that time the alley called Repeso is covered, which was located between the Market and the Cuartel de Inválidos (handicapped barracks), covering the needs of commercial space that arise at that time.

The San Lorenzo de El Escorial tourist office on the Mercado Publico : https://www.sanlorenzoturismo.es/en/public-market/

The town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial on the Mercado Publico stores : https://ensanlorenzolotienes.es/es/search?key=categories_es&near=1&value=Mercado+municipal

The town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial on La Churreria store : https://ensanlorenzolotienes.es/es/shops/la-churreria

There you go folks, another dandy spot in worldly San Lorenzo de El Escorial and this Mercado Publico is worth a detour, me think, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Mercado Publico of San Lorenzo de El Escorial as I,

And remember, happy travel, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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