Mercado Modelo, Municipal marketplace in Temuco, Chile

Mercado Modelo occupies the eastern 6,300 square metres of the block bounded by General Aldunate, Manuel Rodríguez, Manuel Bulnes and Diego Portales in central Temuco. It has six entrances, including one at the Portales–Aldunate corner and one on Bulnes between Rodríguez and Portales. Before the 2016 fire it held 142 stalls — restaurants, soda fountains, craft stands, butcher shops and fishmongers — with about 600 workers, a water fountain and eleven surveillance cameras.

The first stone was laid in October 1928 on a vacant lot where goods had long been sold informally. The market opened in 1929 and was officially inaugurated on 17 May 1930 by mayor Eduardo Solano Illanes as El Mercado de Abastos. A fire on the night of 20 April 2016 consumed almost the entire building, leaving only its facade; reconstruction began in January 2020 but has been repeatedly delayed, with completion now expected in 2028.

The market's name comes from its official opening in 1930 as El Mercado de Abastos, and it is also called the Mercado Municipal de Temuco. Its craft stalls sold Mapuche clothing and musical instruments alongside goods from Peru and Ecuador, while the food counters served southern Chilean dishes such as humitas, pastel de choclo, fried and baked empanadas, and cazuelas.

The building sits in central Temuco and is easy to reach on foot from most parts of the downtown area. A morning visit tends to work best, as stalls are well stocked and activity is at its peak.

The 2016 fire left only the building's shell standing, and reconstruction has stalled repeatedly: work began in January 2021 under the Andes construction company, but a new contractor was still being sought in early 2025, with completion now expected in 2028. In July 2016, about seventy artisans from the market were moved to a tent of over 1,000 square metres in a car park on General Aldunate street.