Marché des Capucins

The Marché des Capucins is defined by the permanent, chaotic piles of produce stacked high on wooden crates under metal awnings. This spot served as the city’s primary food supply since seventeen ninety-nine, when the Capuchin friars were forced out of their monastery during the French Revolution. Traders occupied the empty convent grounds almost immediately. In the nineteen fifties, officials tried to clear the stalls to make room for a modern road, but the merchants refused to leave their posts.