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The Most Beautiful Buildings in Cork, Ireland
"One of the oldest municipal food markets in the world, the English Market in Cork city centre has been in existence since 1788, but the majority of the buildings that make up the modern-day market date back to the Victorian era. In 1862, in response to the arrival of a competing market close by, Cork city and county surveyor Sir John Benson was charged with creating a new design for the section of the English Market still referred to today as Princes Street Market, including a grand new entrance on Princes Street, a roofed interior, and the addition of a balcony.Two decades later the original section, known as Grand Parade Market, was also updated. After a gas explosion fire destroyed the Princes Street part of the market in 1980, Cork City Council undertook an ambitious restoration, which won a conservation award from Europa Nostra, a heritage foundation."