Saturday, October 6, 2018


QUINTA MARKET 



THEN AND NOW
Location: Carlos Palanca St., Quiapo Manila 
Wayback 1900’s

DID YOU KNOW?!
*Quinta Market was built by the Spanish Colonial Government in 1851 and sane year as the Divisoria Market in Tondo 
*Quinta market and Divisoria market was built by businessman and philanthropist Francisco de Carriedo y Peredo in the 18th century 
*Quinta Market was immortalised in the market’s name, which translates to “Country Villa” in Spanish 
*Quinta Market was the most spacious public market in manila 
*The original market however was shoddily built and it was heavily damaged by earthquake in 1863 and rebuilt in 1878
*During American Colonization, the market reconstruction of a new steel market building and reopened to the public on October 21, 1901
*On April 17 2017, Mayor Estrada’s 80th birthday, the Php 150 million Quinta Market and Fishfort was inaugurated and reopened to the public (The 5th market to be renovated under the city’s market renovation program)
*Today, Quinta market, Also known Quiapo Market and officially called the Quinta Market and Fishfort since 2017

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