Main Market

Across the square from the theatre begins the complex of the Large Market pavilions. The first two of these were erected in 1880 by I. Vauchnig. His design was only seemingly historicist, because the use of iron construction and large glass panes already heralded the new style in architecture. The interior of these pavilions has been completely changed, however, by various divisions and use of inappropriate materials. The original aspect of the interior, with open roof construction and lateral galleries, can be seen in the last of the three pavilions, the main city fish market today, designed at the beginning of the 20th century by C. Pergoli. Its abundant stone decorations and imaginative figures of fish and molluscs by U. Botasso are worth seeing as well.