Feira da Ladra, Lisbon

Feira da Ladra is Lisbon’s flea market, now held at Campo de Santa Clara. [articleExtractEn] Its tables deal mainly in antiques, pre-owned objects and handmade goods. [articleExtractEn] The market’s story reaches back to the thirteenth century, and it has occupied several parts of Lisbon before settling here.

[articleExtractEn] It is the city’s oldest fair with a continuous documented history. [articleExtractEn] The name Feira da Ladra appears in an official document from 1610. [articleExtractEn] After the earthquake of 1755, the fair moved through Praça da Alegria, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria and other locations before arriving at its present site in 1882.

[articleExtractEn] Tuesdays were its original market day; Saturdays joined the schedule in 1903. [articleExtractEn] What you see here is therefore not simply a cluster of stalls, but a long-lived Lisbon marketplace where worn objects, curiosities and craftwork continue to change hands.