Old Fish market.
The first records about the trade of basic consumer goods in Malgrat de Mar go back to the municipal charter.Regarding the daily market, it was quite disorganised until the late 19th century, as stated in the project report written by Camil Oliveras in 1890 for the construction of a new building for the butchersIn 1890, Camil Oliveras Gensana, classmate and colleague of Antoni Gaudí, drafted a report supporting the project that describes the plan and appearance of the future market. According to that document, it was necessary to expropriate the plot that was in front of the aforementioned piece of land (where Viladevall chemist’s is placed nowadays) to locate the fishmongers’, on condition that the owner of that plot would be able to built on top of the fish shops. The butchers’ shops were to be raised on 324 m2 that wouldn’t be used for the construction of the town hall. The project was approved in January 1891 and on February 7 the same year, the works were allocated.