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In 1875, the idea of building a new headquarters for the Town Hall was born, located on the land occupied by the Bastida Grande, a bastion of the Pontevedra walls [1] next to the Saint Dominic's gateway, which was also used as the town hall since 1595 and whose facade opened onto the old town. In 1876 it was decided to demolish the old building ...
The Fonseca House is a building on the Paseo de Colón in the city of Pontevedra, Spain.It is one of the most impressive historical buildings in the city, distinguished by its neoclassical architecture [1] and by the two stone Sphinxes and two large Canary palm trees that flank its entrance.
In the España Square, the Pontevedra City Hall is an eclectic, Parisian-inspired building designed by the architect Alejandro Sesmero and inaugurated in August 1880, while the headquarters of the Pontevedra Government Branch are housed in a building inaugurated in 1958.
The historic centre of Pontevedra is the oldest part of the city. It is the second most important old town in Galicia after Santiago de Compostela, [2] [3] and was declared a historic-artistic complex on 23 February 1951. [4]
The barracks were also known as the Cavalry Barracks and the City of Pontevedra Barracks until the 19th century, when it received its current name of Saint Ferdinand Barracks. [9] In 1831, the Pontevedra City Council ceded ownership of the barracks to the Military Treasury, which rebuilt its façade and converted it into Infantry barracks. [10]
From 1898 onwards, [4] the building housed the Topographical Brigade of the Ministry of Defence in Pontevedra until 1909 when it was returned to the City Council. However, the Pontevedra City Council finally ceded the building to the army for military use in 1913 as the headquarters of the "Gobierno Militar" and the Ministry of Defence of the ...
Pontevedra City Hall; Pontevedra Exhibition Centre; Pontevedra marina; ... Pontevedra Normal School Building; Pontevedra Provincial Hospital; Pontevedra Public Library;
The municipality of Pontevedra is composed of the city of Pontevedra and fifteen rural parishes in close proximity, with a total population of 83,260 (as of 2020). [53] This results in a relative high density of population of 710.1 inhabitants per square kilometre.