The Lion of El Español Publications SAThe 336 safe deposit boxes with the only known set of keys L. FalcãoThere are curiosities in history that remain undeciphered.This is the case in the city of Salamanca, specifically in the old Bank of Spain building, located in the Plaza de los Bandos, now converted into the International Center for Spanish, which contains 336 safe deposit boxes, the contents of which no one knows.This mystery is hidden in the building's bunker, among several vaults, narrow surveillance corridors and the chamber with the 336 safe deposit boxes and as many unique keys, because no one knows where they are twice as many to open the boxes. nor who has them.For this reason, it is quite a mystery what these mysterious boxes can house, which, according to what the University of Salamanca itself, in charge of managing the building as CIE, will try to discover inside through a micro-camera that can enter through the lock... While So, the mystery continues.A set of keys, the one of the owners is missing L. FalcãoA mystery that began back in 1942, when the old Hotel Comercio became the headquarters of the Bank of Spain in Salamanca.And with this function it arrived until 2003, when it was closed as a bank headquarters.Now, to accommodate the CIE, it has undergone an important renovation inside, keeping only characteristic elements such as the cameras, the bunker, the boxes and their keys, the narrow security corridors and, above all, its exterior structure, which is catalogued.The 336 safe deposit boxes whose contents nobody knows L. FalcãoOne of the mysteries involved in this ancient building, which draws attention for the granite on its façade, as well as for the Francoist shields, are the boxes that are kept in the bunker.There, next to the bomb-proof security doors, are the 336 boxes, in which only the number and two locks are shown.Next to them, a box on the wall, closed with glass, where there are many other keys, those that belong to the Bank."But another 336 keys are missing for the second lock, we don't know who has them, or where they can be," Manuel López, a guide and member of the Technical Unit of the University of Salamanca, assures EL ESPAÑOL News of Castilla y León.Moreover, says López, "we don't know what they contain, nor to whom they belong."Speculating, and given the time that has elapsed since the closure of the Bank of Spain, back in 2003, it is believed that many of the owners of the same have died, lost the keys or the descendants do not know what the keys that could be find.As well as some companies that have already disappeared or that their previous leaders are no longer there... Speculations, for all tastes.As for its interior, it is a matter that a micro-camera will try to reveal, but, for now, it is also speculation: from containing nothing and being empty, to having money, jewelry, documents, deeds, wills...Armored doors in the L. Falcão security bunkerThe building is listed in terms of its façade, and included in the monumental area of ​​the World Heritage City.Thus, when it ceased to be used as a Bank of Spain in Salamanca, the Government, owner of the property, sought different alternatives for its use.One, the first, as the Museum of Architecture, promised at the time of Jesús Caldera as minister and which, finally, ended up in Madrid.The second use, which has come to fruition, has been to donate the building to the University of Salamanca and, with the financing of the works by the Junta de Castilla y León, turn it into an International Center for Spanish, now that it is so fashionable speak Spanish in all cities.In this way, the same, with a comprehensive reform of the interiors, and with sufficient funds for its management, to be able to start offering activities related to the language.By the way, this CIE, created in 2016, is directed by USAL professor Nieves Sánchez González, and is now located in the Patio de las Escuelas Menores.At the moment it is closed because the final touches are being completed, but it does offer a modern image, with great diversity in terms of infrastructure.With a lower area and basements for the general public, with activities for the same, such as exhibitions, congresses and conferences.While the upper floor will be for researchers.Meanwhile, there is still a mystery to be solved.The mystery of the contents of the 336 safe deposit boxes, which are missing the unfolded key.The building of the former Bank of Spain, now the L. 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