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and the ground floor, which has 28 arcades, is excellently vaulted. A 
double winding staircase serves for communication. Originally the build- 
ing consisted of these arcades only, but in 1782 the court was covered with 
a dome of framework, designed by Legrand and Molinos, and executed by 
Rubo. The diameter of this dome is 126 feet, and its height is 100 feet. 
In the year 1802 the dome was burnt, but in 1811 was restored, of the same 
dimensions, but of iron with a copper roofing. Upon the side of the hall is 
acolumn (jig. 1A and A), which was erected by Catharine di Medici, 
and served her as an astronomical observatory. Now there is a remarkable 
sun-dial of Pingré’s upon it. PJ. 51, jig. 8, gives the ground plan of the 
ground floor, and jig. 9 that of the chief story of the grain market at Corbeil 
near Paris, which contains store-rooms for corn and meal. 
The Market of St. Germain in Paris (pl. 58, fig. 5, inner view ; jig. 6, 
section; jig. T, ground plan) consists of a rectangular building inclosing a 
court and containing 400 stalls. The length is 276 feet, the breadth 216 
feet, and the depth of the part covered with building, 42 feet. The build- 
ing was commenced on the 15th August, 1813, by Destournelles. In the 
centre of every side there are three arched passages 30 feet high. All the 
arcades are furnished with blinds, and under the roof there are openings for 
ventilation, the beams of the suspension roof resting on little pillars project- 
ing above the side walls. In the middle of the court 8 is a fountain. A 
distance of 34 feet separates the large market from the meat market c. It 
is 220 feet long, 42 feet deep, and was planned in 1814 by Blondel. Under 
this are cellars, which are lighted by windows in the lower wall of the 
building. This hall has 20 divisions with about 150 stands, and in the 
middle a large vestibule. 
The Magdalen Market in Paris (fig. 9, lateral section; jig. 10, general 
ground plan) was completed in 1836, and serves for the vendors of flowers 
and vegetables. Upon the sides are large and small hall-like stands for 
business, but in the middle only open stalls. All the ridges of the roof are 
of iron, and the covering of sheet-iron. 
The Market at Pavia (fig. 8, half view; jig. 11, half ground plan) was 
built in 1837, and contains, upon the front side, a colonnade for the stands, 
but in the rear a number of sitting rooms for the hucksters, and over these 
chambers smaller ones in the attic. 
The Market Hall in Florence (pl. 51, jig. 10, ground plan ; jig. 11, view) 
was built in the sixteenth century by Bernardo Tasso. It consists of twenty 
Ionic columns, 2 feet 7 inches thick and 23 feet 3 inches high, and eight 
pillars. It rests upon four steps. The shaft of each column consists of one 
block of grey granite from Fiesole. The columns of the loggia have Corin- 
thian capitals. Upon the corner pillars are niches for placards. 
The Fish Hall at Marseilles (fig. 12, ground plan; and jig. 13, eleva- 
tion) is, like those of Ghent and Bruges, only an imitation of the fish hall 
built at Florence, in the sixteenth century. It is a double hall, with a wall 
running lengthwise through the middle. The roof rests upon eighteen Ionic 
granite columns and two pilasters. 
As an example of the hugeness of market halls.in the East, we have re- 
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