Félix Solesio
(1739-1806)
Died aged 67
WikidataFélix Solesio (Finale-Ligure, Savona, Italy, January 30, 1739 - Malaga, October 12, 1806) was an Italian businessman settled in Spain. Endorsed by the prestige that the manufacture of Genoese paper had had in the Spain of the XVII and XVIII centuries, he was the person chosen by José de Gálvez to carry out his project to supply America with playing cards and to economically develop Macharaviaya (Málaga), his hometown. Solesio, an enlightened cardmaker and papermaker, arrived in Spain and became the assistant of three Royal Factories (the card factories of Macharaviaya, Madrid and the paper factory of San Fernando de Henares), but after having amassed a great fortune, in the last years of his life he had to mortgage most of his assets.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
Este edificio fue construido por el italiano Félix Solesio (1739-1806), quien fue designado por José de Gálvez, ministro universal de las Indias, como proveedor en exclusiva de naipes en América, fabricados en Macharaviaya y el Arroyo de la Miel, núcleo del que fue fundador.
English translation: This building was built by the Italian Félix Solesio (1739-1806), who was appointed by José de Gálvez, universal minister of the Indies, as the exclusive supplier of playing cards in America, manufactured in Macharaviaya and Arroyo de la Miel, the nucleus of which he was founder.
Calle Granada, 61, Málaga, Spain where they built