Coming from Avinguda del Paral·lel, the stalls were set up around the Sant Antoni market at the beginning of the 20th century.

The stalls that, at the end of the 19th century, sold all kinds of textile products on Avinguda del Paral·lel were moved, at the beginning of the 20th century, near the Mercat de Sant Antoni, inaugurated in 1882 following the project of the architect Antoni Rovira i Trias.

Hundreds of stalls, which stretched along Carrer Urgell to Gran Via, Ronda de Sant Antoni and the area around the market, constituted the Encants de Sant Antoni. Over the years, many of them disappeared and, today, Els Encants is made up of stalls set up around the food market and those located on Tamarit, Manso and Borrell streets.

Architecture

The iron market designed by Antoni Rovira i Trias is surrounded by a metal canopy that follows the entire outline of the block, where the Encants and Dominical stalls are installed.

Year of construction: 1882

Type of building: detached

Refubishments: refurbished 2018

Area: 3,664 m²

Location: C. Comte d’Urgell, 1