Vega Monumental, Commercial center in Concepción, Chile.

Vega Monumental is a commercial center in Concepción with a single-level layout where multiple vendors sell products for daily living. The range includes fresh produce, household items, and other everyday goods in an open shopping environment.

The market stood between Caupolicán and Manuel Rodríguez streets in central Concepción from the 1940s until 1974, when the move to the present site was decided; it reopened there in October 1980. Fires struck on 6 June 1994 (two stalls), 28 January 1998 (eight truck-yard stalls, losses over 26 million pesos) and 4 January 2010, which destroyed 740 stalls and left more than 1,000 people without work. The ruined structure collapsed after the 27 February 2010 earthquake, and the rebuilt market reopened on 31 August 2012 with 12,000 square metres and 370 stalls.

The name vega refers to the open-air fruit and vegetable market, the Terminal Mayorista, behind the covered Centro Comercial. There rural buses leave for towns inside the Biobío Region, such as Florida and Quillón, and trucks unload produce grown in the region for redistribution across the intercommune. The 21 de Mayo footbridge, opened in 1997, has shops inside and carries heavy loads.

The market sits at the junction of Avenida 21 de Mayo and Avenida Jorge Alessandri, in the Lorenzo Arenas sector near the Hualpén boundary and the Juan Pablo II bridge. The 21 de Mayo footbridge, opened in 1997, leads directly to the entrance and has shops inside; it can carry heavy loads. The site is split into a covered Centro Comercial and an open-air Terminal Mayorista behind it, where rural buses to Florida and Quillón depart.

The center operates with both wholesale and retail functions in one place, serving business buyers and individual shoppers alike. This dual setup allows people to find competitive prices regardless of the quantity they purchase.