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Birth of Fontaneda biscuits

Aguilar de Campoo, Montaña Palentina, Palencia

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Birth of Fontaneda biscuits

Historical milestone · Aguilar de Campoo, Montaña Palentina, Palencia

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In 1881 the confectioner Eugenio Fontaneda, of Burgos origin, began making sponge cakes, biscuits and chocolates in a house under the arcades; in 1920 he bought a shed at the foot of the castle and in 1923 chain production started up.

1881

Photo: Igor González Martín from Madrid, Spain (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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