Cangas. Old Whaling Factory: Massó Factory
It was in the year 1816 when Salvador Massó Palau arrived on our coasts from Gerona – like many other Catalan promoters – to try his luck with his salting industry. He exchanged the Mediterranean for the Atlantic of our estuaries to establish two factories in the Pontevedra towns of Bueu and Cangas de Morrazo. […]
Beluso. General Salted Fish Factory
Bueu is well known for its salted fish factories. At the end of the 19th century, the so-called Catalan promoters arrived here, who, seeing the production potential of the estuary, settled to establish numerous factories of this type of preserve. Along the municipality’s coast, there were about thirty factories operating. But this reputation dates back […]
Pontecesures. Clay factory. Crockery
La industria de la cerámica en Pontecesures nació en el año 1925, cuando se comenzaron a producir las primeras figuras. Con la llegada de la II República la fabricación llega a su apogeo. La fábrica fue una víctima más de la represión que vino a continuación y aunque su actividad pudo continuar, sus principales artistas […]