Mercado de São José
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Mercado de São José is a public market in Recife
, Pernambuco
. Founded in 1871, it is the oldest brazilian building constructed of pre-manufactured iron.
The market is made up of 545 shops which sell a variety of fish, spices, herbs, crafts and cordel literature
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The market is a Brazilian historic heritage site.
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...
, Pernambuco
Pernambuco
Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...
. Founded in 1871, it is the oldest brazilian building constructed of pre-manufactured iron.
The market is made up of 545 shops which sell a variety of fish, spices, herbs, crafts and cordel literature
Cordel literature
Cordel literature are popular and inexpensively printed booklets or pamphlets containing folk novels, poems and songs, which are produced and sold in fairs and by sidestreet vendors in the Northeast of Brazil...
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The market is a Brazilian historic heritage site.