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

|

  • Argo#16
  • PHOTO: David More Aguirre
OTHER ARTICLES
View of the port of Barcelona. Phototype (photolithography). Late 19th century. Artist: unknown. Parera and Co. Publishers. ARGO 15. Barcelona Maritime Museum.

PortADa

A digital humanities and maritime history project
  • #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
The Drac, sailing in the RCMB regatta. Argo 16. Museu Marítimo de Barcelona. Photo: M. Granollers.

The Drac, an aristocrat among sailboats

This dragon belonging to the MMB is 60 years old
  • #16
  • SPRING 2026
Elvira Pujol at the Cap de Creus lighthouse. Photo: Cristina Rodríguez Paz. Argo 16. Museu Marítimo de Barcelona.

Women in the lighthouses

Pioneering women who illuminated the sea
  • #16
  • SPRING 2026
Illustration by Emerencià Roig. Author: Alicia Caboblanco. ARGO 15. Barcelona Maritime Museum.

Emerencià Roig i Raventós

(1881-1935) Father of Catalan maritime ethnology
  • #15
  • AUTUMN 2025
Adolf Romagosa, former manager of Port 2000. Photo: Adolf Romagosa Collection. Argo 16. Museu Marítimo de Barcelona.

Adolf Romagosa, the man who united the port with the city

From infrastructure to relationship: a life dedicated to uniting the port with Barcelona
  • #16
  • SPRING 2026
more articles