Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2016 | Page 248
The Iron Market | Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine
The Iron Market - also known as Marche Vallière or Marché Hyppolite - is considered an architectural chef d’oeuvre of priceless artistic and historic value. Often deemed “the landmark of Port-au-Prince,” it was inaugurated in November 1891. 121 years later, this landmark has been restored and its architecture still recalls the style of old-fashioned Paris shopping centers of the past. The Iron market is a historic site teeming with life, a place where both tourists and local consumers mingle as they shop for anything and everything from fresh produce and groceries to an eclectic variety of handicrafts.