Located the southeast of Historic Center of the CDMX, the Jamaica market It is one of the places that you cannot miss, since it is known for the sale of a Great variety of flowers and plantsin addition to floral arrangements, pots and even vegetables.
Built in the 1950s to modernize the markets on the east side of the city, this enclosure has More than 1000 flowers and plantsand is considered as a tourist attraction of the CDMX.
The Mexican cempasúchil flower is of vibrant tones.Future Publishing / Getty Images.
Jamaica market, the flower and plants enclosure
Located at the corner of Congress of the Union and Av. Morelos of the Historic Center of the CDMX, the Jamaica market It is known as The enclosure to buy flowers and ornamental plants of all kinds, from Mexican species to foreigners.
With more than 1,000 positions, this space brings together sellers with plants from the states of Puebla, Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca, State of Mexico and Michoacánwhich sell both wholesale and small.
Also, this market It has a section dedicated to the piñatas, most made of cardboard and covers of crepe paper, although there are also those more traditional with a clay pot in the center.
When was the Jamaica market built?
Originally, Jamaica's market was located At the east end of the Mexico-Tenochtitlán Aztec city, a key chinampas area to transport products to the Main Market of Tlatelolco.
However, during the colonial period the areas of Chinampas dried, so decades later, The Jamaica market and the Sonora market They settled in the southeast of the city center as a symbol of modernity.