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Throwback – Mercado Abelardo Rodriguez, Centro Historico, CDMX

February 18, 2020 by Ken Ilio Leave a Comment

Looking into the inside of the Abelardo Rodriguez Market, Mexico City




In the summer of 2018, I visited this incredible public market in the northeast side of the zocalo (main plaza) of Mexico City’s central historic district. While this market sells traditional goods, it is a little bit different because it quite progressive, even post-revolutionary, it is described, as it has areas for day care, auditorium, I think even a garden, and art … square meters and meters of murals on the walls and ceiling.

Mural above a stall in Abelardo Rodriguez Market, Mexico City

These murals were painted in the style of Diego Rivera under his supervision and mostly reflect socialist ideas such as justice for workers, famers and miners and the fight against racism and Nazism.

Workers Unite!

The market was built in 1934 and is undergoing restoration especially the paintings that have faded with time.

Part of the mural on the ceiling of the atrium of the Abelardo Rodriguez Market in Mexico City

The colors in real time are a little muted than shown in the pictures.




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Filed Under: Mexico Tagged With: CDMX, Centro Historico, Mercado de Abelardo Rodriguez, Mexico, Mexico City

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