Municipal Market in Tortosa
On land acquired from the Ebro, on the river port since the Middle Ages, between the river and the current avenue of the Generalitat, stands a voluminous building, with an elemental appearance and brilliant workmanship, built between 1884 and 1887, one of the emblematic buildings of the city.
From Joan Abril 's project , the final execution of the project and the technical solution of the roof structure correspond to Joan Torras and Guardiola, "the Catalan Eiffel" . The promoter was the Bank of Tortosa. It breaks with the prototype market of three naves, it is structured in a single rectangular nave, with absolute symmetry with respect to its two axes, with a double-sloped roof and with an entrance on each side, being the main ones corresponding to the sides short