The Mar de Sal restaurant, located in the former residence of Juan Antonio Maura (1899-1974), temporarily houses a portrait of the director of the Salinera industry and an information panel, with the aim of publicizing the history of this property and its illustrious inhabitant
The mayor of San Pedro del Pinatar, Visitación Martínez, and the manager of Mar de Sal signed an agreement for the temporary deposit of this painting by Juan Antonio Maura, which had previously been transferred to the consistory by Mari Carmen Blázquez, a former administration employee Spanish Salinera
Juan Antonio Maura was director of Salinera from the beginning of the decade of the 40 until his death in 1974, a period in which significantly improved the production process, replacing the animal traction by the mechanics in the extraction and transport of salt, modernizing This important local industry.
This collaboration is one of the first actions that the City will carry out at various points of historical interest in the town through the Baron de Benifayó Museum, dependent on the Department of Culture, with the collaboration Friends of Museums.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar