Covered Market

In 1916, during the First World War, the Covered Market of Gorizia was bombed and then demolished. At that time, the Market, on which construction had begun in 1876, was located in the area now occupied by the Post Office , at the intersection of Corso Verdi (formerly Via del Mercato) and Via della Caserma (Via Oberdan). "A light but sturdy roof, supported by cast iron columns, protected the vendors from any adverse weather conditions. Inside the perimeter fence, there were also thirty-two stalls" (Mishou, 1997).

The 1921 reconstruction plan, developed by Max Fabiani, Riccardo Del Neri , and mayor Giorgio Bombig , envisioned the construction of the New Covered Market on the same site. However, in 1924 the need arose to build a new Post Office. Projects for its construction in Piazza Rotta (part of today's Via Crispi, which runs from Via Morelli to Via Roma) date back to 1924 and 1926.

In 1925, however, the Post and Telegraph Service was merged with the Italian State Railways, and in 1930 the land between Corso Verdi and Via Oberdan was sold to them. Here, on October 28, 1932 Angiolo Mazzoni (an employee of the Italian State Railways' construction department),
was inaugurated The new site for the Covered Market was identified nearby, on the corner of Corso Verdi and the continuation of Via Oberdan, now Via Boccaccio , where, until 1925, the Wholesale Market had been located, later relocated not far away.

The New Covered Market , designed by Riccardo Del Neri , was built in 1927 and, although the architecture is often identified as late Liberty style, it is actually more attributable to late nineteenth-century Eclecticism , in any case in contrast with the new Post Office, a monumental building with a rigorous style, inspired by the dictates of the regime's rationalism.