Pazo de García Flórez

• Name — García Flórez Palace • Native Name — Pazo de García Flórez • Location — Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain • Completion Date — 18th century • Building Type — Pazo • Floor Count — 2 • Owner — Pontevedra Museum • Operator — Pontevedra Museum • Website — Official Site

At the end of the 18th century, Antonio García Estévez Fariña and his wife Tomasa Suárez Flórez commissioned the construction of this pazo, which was added to a smaller and older one. A century later, between 1881 and 1930, the pazo became the headquarters of the Pontevedra Normal School. In the 1930s, the pazo housed the Escuela Graduada for children on the first floor, while the second floor was used as the home of the school's director. These two floors were later rented to the Pontevedra City Council. In the 1940s, the interior of the pazo was completely remodelled by the architect Robustiano Fernández Cochón to house the Pontevedra Museum. Its baroque exterior was preserved, an arch and a stone bridge were built to connect it to the pazo Castro Monteagudo and two stone statues of the Fortress and Hope were placed on the corners of the roof. On 15 August 1943, the Pazo García Flórez was inaugurated as the headquarters of the Pontevedra Museum. The rooms of the museum were opened to the public on 4 September 1946, except for the reconstruction of the officers' cabin of the armoured frigate, which was inaugurated on 7 September 1946.

• Illustration — Coat of arms • Illustration — Southern façade • Illustration — West façade, pasantería street • Illustration — Statues of the Fortress and Hope on the roof • Illustration — Arcades of the main façade • Illustration — Eastern façade • Illustration — Main façade

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