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Closes the Oldest Bookstore in Madrid After Not Being Able to Renew the Rent: "We Have Fallen. The Logic of the Market Is Voracious"

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Pergamum, founded in 1946, has announced the closure of its store after its problems when renewing its rental contract. More information: Spain reads and bookstores close: the problems of selling books beyond gentrification

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“Parasite renthism sucks everything out,” laments the booksellers, who will try to continue the project in another space, heir to an eight-decade trajectory

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Pergamo, the oldest bookstore in Madrid, has announced its closure following the refusal of the owners of the premises to renew the rental contract: "We have to enjoy this...

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The Pergamo bookstore, considered the oldest in Madrid , prepares to say goodbye to its current location at 24 General Oráa street. The establishment, which has been linked to the cultural life of the Salamanca neighborhood for eight decades, will close its doors in this site on 17 November, after the owners of the property have refused to renew the rental contract. However, its current managers have announced that they are already working «so t…

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The business founded in 1946 and relaunched four years ago thanks to an anonymous investor and new booksellers throws the blind on November 17th: "We are going to sell everything and start elsewhere, we still don't know where or when", advance Pablo Cerezo and María TreviñoAlarm in Madrid's bookstores for the closure of Types of Infames, which stirs the sector and provokes a cascade of reviews "Now what we want is to celebrate us. Sell everythin…

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Pergamum, founded in 1946, has announced the closure of its store after its problems when renewing its rental contract. More information: Spain reads and bookstores close: the problems of selling books beyond gentrification

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Madrid is about to lose one of its most recognizable literary temples. The Pergamo bookstore will close on November 17 the premises that it has occupied for 80 years at 24 General Oraá Street. Its managers point directly to the real estate pressure and the rental price, which they consider incompatible with the continuity of the business in its current location. Founded in 1946, the bookstore has since remained in the same direction and is consi…

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LaSexta broke the news on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
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