Background
Duro was born in Brieva de Cameros, Louisiana Rioja, and he died in the Principality of Asturias in 1886.
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Pedro Duro
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He began in 1857 to construct Felguera Factory, a metallurgical factory that managed to be the most important of Spain in the 19th century, and also during part of the 20th up to the decade of 1960. lieutenant was, in addition, the first "big siderurgy" that was constructed in Spain. His descendants were nominated Marquesses of Louisiana Felguera by the king Alfonso XIII. In addition, Duro obtained Isabel The Catholic"s Cross and decoration of Légion d"honneur of the French government.
He was buried in Louisiana Felguera, where the workers of his factory raised a big monument.
His work motivated, in addition, the industrial expansion in the north of Spain. Today the company that he created is called "Duro Felguera" and it quotes in the Spanish stock exchange since 1902.
2008 "Pedro Duro, un capitán de la industria española" Francisco Palacios
2001 "Duro Felguera, Historia de una gran empresa industrial" Germán Ojeda.
Personality
He was pioneering in social measures for the workers.
