Old market, Italian national heritage market building in Syracuse, Italy

The Old Market is a covered market building from 1900 on Via Trento, beside the Temple of Apollo in Ortigia, Syracuse. It has a portico of 24 arches and 36 windows that once served the shops, covering 1,500 m². Inside, a rectangular courtyard holds an ornamental fountain. The design recalls the Mercato delle Vettovaglie in Livorno.

The area was bought by the municipality in 1885, when the Spanish walls still stood there. Work on the covered market began on 20 July 1899 and was completed in 1900. It served as the city's main market until the late 1980s, when fish, food and craft trading moved to the larger Via Emanuele De Benedictis behind it. A restoration ended in 2000.

The name Antico Mercato (Old Market) marks it as the city's former main market, a role it held until the late 1980s, when fish, food and craft trading moved to the larger Via Emanuele De Benedictis behind it. Since the restoration completed in 2000, the building has hosted events, including a Sunday farmers' market that is suspended in summer, and music and cultural festivals.

The building stands on Via Trento, next to the Temple of Apollo in Ortigia. It is no longer a food market: the fish, food and craft trade moved to the larger Via Emanuele De Benedictis behind it in the late 1980s. Today it hosts events, including a Sunday farmers' market that is suspended in summer.

The building was modelled on Livorno's Mercato delle Vettovaglie, and its 24-arch portico and 36 windows once served the shops inside. Since the fish, food and craft trade moved to Via Emanuele De Benedictis in the late 1980s, the rectangular courtyard and its ornamental fountain have hosted a Sunday farmers' market, suspended in summer, and music events.