Ver-o-peso
The Ver-o-Peso Market, Mercado Municipal Bolonha de Peixe, Mercado de Ferro, or Ver-o-Peso is a street market and fair, and small port area inaugurated in 1901 (replacing the "Casa de Haver-o-Peso", 1625-1899) that is part of the Ver-o-Peso Complex (1625). It is located in the city of Belém (Pará) in the neighborhood of Campina, on the shores of Guajará Bay, next to the Docks Station.
It is considered one of the oldest public markets in the country and was elected one of the wonders of the state of Pará and one of the 7 Wonders of Brazil.
A touristic, cultural, and economic point of the city of Belém, formed by the Iron Market, Pescador Square, the Ship Dock (1803), and the Fish Market, the Pedra do Peixe, and the street market (considered the largest in Latin America) that supplies the city with various goods: clothing, medicinal herbs, and food (such as fish and meat) coming from the surrounding islands of the capital and the inland municipalities, supplied by the river.
