Pazo de Castro Monteagudo

• Name — Castro Monteagudo Palace • Native Name — Pazo de Castro Monteagudo • Location — Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain • Completion Date — 1760 • Building Type — Pazo • Floor Count — 2 • Owner — Pontevedra Museum • Operator — Pontevedra Museum • Website — Official Site

The pazo Castro Monteagudo was built in 1760, as indicated in a Latin document found during its renovation. Its promoter and owner was José de Castro Monteagudo, the first auditor of the maritime province of Pontevedra. Later, the boys' school was set up on the upper floor, and the shop La Imperial, the restaurant La Flor and a carpentry workshop were located on the lower floor. In 1928, the Pontevedra Museum bought it from its owner Casimiro Gómez Cobas for 52,000 pesetas to install the museum. This pazo became its first headquarters. Castelao, the museum's founding patron, participated in the ideas for its remodelling and adaptation to become a museum: he drew several designs for the interior distribution and for the upper balcony, which are still preserved. The building was opened to the public as a museum on 10 August 1929. Work on enlarging the pazo began in April 1936. The part with an arch that connects it to the García Flórez pazo was added in 1943, according to the project of the architect Robustiano Fernández Cochón, who was also responsible for incorporating a tower into the pazo.

• Illustration — Balcony and modillions on the south façade • Illustration — Tower • Illustration — Arc and bridge added in 1943 • Illustration — Main façade • Illustration — Façade and balcony • Illustration — Tower • Illustration — The pazo at night • Illustration — South façade • Illustration — North façade

• Pontevedra Museum • Pazo de García Flórez