Magazine dedicated to the maritime culture and heritage of the Mediterranean, published by the Barcelona Maritime Museum.

The light that persists

Lighthouses and lighthouse keepers: memory, technology and lives on the edge of the sea
  • SPRING 2026

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  • Argo#16
  • PHOTO: David More Aguirre
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The city of Barcelona in 1563, with the coastline in the foreground. Anthony van den Wyngaerde. Photo: WikimediaCommons/Urbanity.es. Argo 16. Museu Marítim de Barcelona.

The Old Port of Barcelona

History of a struggle against nature
  • #16
  • SPRING 2026
Lluís Noguera during the 2025 Spanish Championship. Argo 16. Museu Marítimo de Barcelona. Photo: Lluís Noguera Collection.

Catalan water skiing

Tradition, clubs and athletes
  • #16
  • SPRING 2026
Crew and family of the boat Rosita y Juan with the catch of the day (1962). Photo: Museu de la Mar de l'Ebre.

The heritage of the Ebro Sea

Landscape, culture and maritime essence
  • #15
  • AUTUMN 2025
Satellite view of the Ebro Delta, taken in July 2021 by the European Sentinel-2 imaging satellite, as part of the Copernicus program. ARGO 15. Barcelona Maritime Museum.

The Ebro Delta: chronicle of a death foretold?

Buda could be the first island in Europe to disappear from the map
  • #15
  • AUTUMN 2025
The Captain of the Merchant Navy Añaterve Sánchez, at the Maritime Museum of Barcelona. Photo: Quim Roser. ARGO 15. Maritime Museum of Barcelona

Añaterve Sánchez, merchant marine captain

When ships were a school of life and trade routes, portals to other worlds
  • #15
  • AUTUMN 2025
Cap de Creus Lighthouse. Photo: Joan Vicens. Argo 16. Museu Marítim de Barcelona.

Lighthouses: past and present

Occasional bursts of light on the horizon
  • #16
  • SPRING 2026
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