Marché en Fer

Marché en Fer or Marché de Fer also known as the Marché Hyppolite and the Marché Vallières is a public market in ’s capital, Port‑au‑Prince. It was damaged by fire in 2008 and destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, but was restored.
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  • Type: Marketplace
  • Description: former building in Port-au-Prince
  • Also known as: “Iron Market” and “Mercado de Hierro”
  • Address: Pòtoprens

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Port-au-Prince Cathedral and National Library of Haiti.

Church
Photo: Rabanus Flavus, Public domain.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, often called , was a cathedral in , . Built between 1884 and 1914, it was dedicated on December 13, 1928, and became the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince. is situated 550 metres southeast of Marché en Fer.

Library
Photo: Lea-Kim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is Haiti's legal deposit library, with a collection of approximately 26,000 volumes. It is located in the capital, and is the principal library of the city. The current head of the library is Dangelo Neard. is situated 550 metres south of Marché en Fer.

Ruins
Photo: mweriksson, CC BY 2.0.
The National Palace was the official residence of the president of Haiti, located in the capital , facing Place L'Ouverture near the Champs de Mars. is situated 1 km southeast of Marché en Fer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port-au-Prince and Bel Air.

Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, Public domain.
is the capital and most populous city of . The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of , . It is a slum area of the city and suffers from poverty. Crime is widespread, and kidnappings and killings have created panic among the local population.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of , . It has one of the largest concentration of the historic Haitian gingerbread style houses present.

Marché en Fer

Latitude
18.55155° or 18° 33′ 6″ north
Longitude
-72.34316° or 72° 20′ 35″ west
Open location code
77C9HM24+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 643630634
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­marketplace
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q16303839
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Satellite Map

Discover Marché en Fer from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Marché en Fer” goes by many names.

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