The Starokonny market on Moldavanka is the oldest of the existing markets in Odessa. It began its history in the mid-19th century on the outskirts of the city, but was not very popular. The second life was given to him by the horse trade, which became very popular with the development of horse racing under Langeron and Vorontsov. Later, this trade becomes very import, and the market received the name Starokonny. The market began to sell animals and various old items. Once, they sold aquarium fish, then books. After restoration in 2004, the market became the largest flea market in the city; on weekends, flea market merchants come here from all over the district and turn around for several quarters into endless banks of all kinds of tat. Translated with Google Translate
This walk around the city is a little reckless. Maybe this is her charm and maybe this is what she echoes the spirit of those places through which she passes. One could say from bazaar to bazaar. From the Old Stables Market to the Old Bazaar Square. Both of them were built as bazaars by the young architect Torricelli, whom fate brought to Odessa at the beginning of the 19th century from Lugano. The first bazaar flourishes to this day. The second has long been gone. The first grows every Saturday and Sunday like a snowball and becomes the largest flea market in eastern Europe. The second one will please only a small tavern with a herring and a hodgepodge. And between them? Between them, the house is the apartment of the most famous Odessa citizen - Leonid Osipovich Utesov. Translated with Google Translate
