Until Sunday it offers its visitors, in the Alameda de Oviedo, exhibitions, shows, workshops, a specific area for the little ones and 100 craft, food and restaurant stalls
The Roman Market has opened the activities organized by the Santander City Council on the occasion of the festival of the Holy Martyrs, patron saints of the city.
The Councilor for Commerce and Markets, Miriam Díaz, attended the opening of the market this afternoon, which will be installed in the Alameda de Oviedo until Sunday, inclusive, and which has a total of 100 stalls on different themes, from crafts to food , passing through toys or restoration, and that will host around a hundred activities between children’s workshops and shows. It can be visited from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the morning, while in the afternoon it is open from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
The municipal official has highlighted that Santander residents and visitors will be able to enjoy until Sunday a reconstruction of a Roman camp, various exhibitions and exhibits, demonstrations of trades, and activities and workshops for the little ones, which will have a special area for them.
He explained that 67 of the stalls will be crafts where the public can find soaps, leather goods, accessories, wooden toys, ceramics or jewelry, among other items; the rest are dedicated to food, with products as diverse as cheeses, sausages, sweets, teas and medicinal plants or chocolates, while the offer is completed with various restaurant spaces.
Díaz has detailed that one of the main attractions will be the shows, among which he has highlighted the large format ones, which will take place every night, starting at 10:15 p.m. The first is entitled ‘Souls of the Underworld’ and will be held today, Friday, while ‘The Gates of Hell’ and ‘Abyss’ will be staged on Saturday and Sunday. 31. These are representations with a great dramatic and visual richness, which stage aspects related to the spirituality and idiosyncrasy of the Roman world in order to set the scene for the visit to the market with the historical context on which it is based
Along the route, a camp has been installed and six exhibitions are presented that allow the public to recreate the time and the ways of life of the Roman people.
The Roman market also reserves an important space for children, in such a way that more than 20 workshops and manual activities will be developed, while they will be able to participate in a drawing contest.
There will also be a photo contest open to all audiences, which will reward the most original photos on the market that are submitted through the Instagram social network, with the hashtag #RomanoSantanderMST2022.
Saint Emeterius and Saint Celedonius
San Emeterio and San Celedonio, martyred during Diocletian’s persecution for abandoning the Roman legions and converting to Christianity, have been patron saints of Santander since 1791.
His relics arrived in Cantabria in the High Middle Ages, to protect them from Arab invasions, and remained hidden under the current church of El Cristo until excavations carried out in 1531 brought them to light.
The Roman Market opens the events organized on the occasion of the Holy Martyrs