Mercado Municipal de Santo Amaro, Market hall in Santo Amaro District, São Paulo, Brazil

Mercado Municipal de Santo Amaro is a 19th-century market building on Praça Dr. Francisco Ferreira Lopes, now the Casa da Cultura de Santo Amaro. Begun in 1896 by contractor Alfredo Formigoni, it gained a dome and two side extensions in a 1903 renovation, giving it an octagonal form. It is the last remaining example of 19th-century architecture in Santo Amaro.

The Santo Amaro council debated a municipal market in 1893, and construction began in 1896 under contractor Alfredo Formigoni. A provisional market had operated in a shed at Largo Municipal. In 1903 the building gained a dome and two side extensions, giving it an octagonal form. It was listed by CONDEPHAAT in 1972 and became the Casa da Cultura de Santo Amaro in 1989.

The market takes its name from the Santo Amaro neighborhood and serves today as a living gathering place where locals meet to shop and eat together. People use the restaurants and wine bars as natural meeting spots, mixing commerce with daily social interaction.

The market is easily accessible on foot and centrally located in the Santo Amaro neighborhood with good public transport connections. Visitors should come in the morning or early afternoon when fresh produce selection is best and crowds are lighter.

The building stopped serving as a market when a new Mercado Municipal opened on Rua Ministro Roberto Cardoso Alves in 1958. The old hall was then used as a municipal depot, a health post and even a funeral service before becoming the Casa da Cultura in 1989.