Publications

CAFÉ-BAR PLUS ULTRA

The monographs dedicated to the remarkable businesses and industries of Salamanca have one more issue, on this occasion, dedicated to the hospitality sector. In 2022, the Plus Ultra received the Castilla y León Tourism Award in its category. Thanks to the memoirs and writings collected by **Tom...

ANTONIO LORENZO "EL GALLO" AND HIS COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS

Number 27 of this collection is dedicated to the footwear merchant Antonio Lorenzo Bahía (1880-1952), nicknamed “el Gallo” (the Rooster). However, the period of time covered by its lines exceeds the protagonist's own life, extending from his ancestors to the present day. This extensive activity...

METALÚRGICA DEL TORMES (II) AND THE MIRAT FAMILY ON AVENIDA DE LA ALDEHUELA, 1954-1981

In 1954, the Tormes Metallurgical Company moved from Calzada de Medina to Avenida de la Aldehuela, becoming part of the S.A. Mirat complex. Many people from Salamanca surely remember the building that housed the metallurgical plant, located opposite the old provincial prison -currently Da2- unt...

CURRENT ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES ON INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

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Mr. Juan Ignacio Plaza Gutiérrez (University of Salamanca), Concepts, theoretical aspects and policies on industrial heritage.

Ms. Paz Benito del Pozo (University of León), Industrial heritage in geographical research.

Mr. Gerardo J. Cueto Alonso, (University of Cantabria), Knowin...

PROCEEDINGS. MUSEUMS FOR CASTILE AND LEON. CURRENT STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES

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Luis Grau Lobo: “Museums: The Portrait of Dorian Gray. A sketch on Castilla y León”.

José Luis Hoyas Díez: “The happiness of being part of the museum".

Oliva Cachafeiro Bernal: “Museums and new sensibilities. More social museums”.

Alberto Bescós Corral: “Museums for the 21st ce...

PROCEEDINGS OF THE VIII CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF SALAMANCA

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Carlos García Medina: "Muleteering in southwestern Salamanca".

Jesús Málaga Guerrero: "Salamanca between two centuries".

Juan Antonio Frías Corsino: "Paper manufacturing in the mountains".

Josefa Montero García: "The music market in the documentation of the Salamanca Cathedral...

COMMERCIAL DESIGN IN SALAMANCA DURING THE LAST DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY: FEATURING DESIGNER SALVADOR YÁÑEZ MONTERO.

The catalog includes some of the most representative works by Salvador Yáñez Montero

Salvador Yáñez Montero is a clear exponent of commercial design carried out in Spain during the last decades of the 20th century. He began his work in 1964 and concluded it at the beginning of the 21st...

Rafael Basulí and Commercial Decoration in Salamanca

Catalog of the exhibition of the same title which contains an important selection of photographs donated by the decorator's family to the Museum of Commerce in 2015.

For sale at the Museum of Commerce for the price of 3 euros

The Enrique Estevan Bridge on its Centenary

The Museum of Commerce, in collaboration with the Department of Development, has published a book to commemorate the centenary of the construction of the Enrique Estevan Bridge. The book, written by Mr. Emilio Rivas Calvo, is the first consistent monograph published on this engineering...