The City Council of Salamanca has been considering measures for weeks to reduce the amount of the enormous electricity bill it pays, which this year will be multiplied by two to reach close to 5 million euros. Part of that bill comes from the artistic lighting of the main monuments of the city that are lit up 1,600 hours per year and whose switching off would have an impact on the receipt, but also on the image and attractiveness of the city.
Its schedule is accompanied by that of public lighting and it is turned off at midnight in winter and at 1 am in summer. It lights up about 1,600 hours a year. Consumes approximately one million KWh per year, which would mean significant savings. But lowering the lighting by a few hours would prevent postcards as classic as the Casa de las Conchas, the Clerecía, the Enrique Estevan bridge, the Casa Lis, the Roman Bridge or the Cathedrals illuminated at night. A representative show of the city. In case it happens, at TRIBUNA we have taken a tour of Salamanca at night and this is the result.