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Pazo de Mariñán
The garden was laid out at the beginning of the 19th century by a French gardener, possibly Mathias Tiebe, and is divided into three zones: ornamental, horticultural and wooded.
The most valuable collection of arborescent myrtles in Galicia stands out, whose presence in the Pazo, together with the Arbutus unedo, considered the largest in this community, dates back to the first half of the 19th century.
Pazo de Mariñán
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Pazo de Mariñán
General information
Some highlights about Pazo de Mariñán in Bergondo, A Coruña, Galicia (Spain)
Awards
Historical-artistic and monumental ensemble by Royal Decree of October 5, 1972
Type of historic garden
Private residences
Size
170.000 m2
Location
Mariñan s/n, 15165 Bergondo-A Coruña
Galicia, Spain
Coordinates: 43.31754, -8.21626
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Timetables
Check: dacoruna.gal
Tickets
Free admission
Contact information
Web: dacoruna.gal/pazo-marinan
Email: pazo.marinan@dicoruna.es
Phone: +34 673 050 399, +34 981 777 001
Pazo de Mariñán
Historical background
The pazos are the product of nobility, a class that seeks to emulate the high aristocracy in their way of life. An element of prestige is the garden. In these ensembles, various worlds are harmonized in the ornamentation: that of stone, that of water and that of plants.
Pazo de Mariñán
Description
The garden was laid out at the beginning of the 19th century by a French gardener, possibly Mathias Tiebe, and is divided into three zones: ornamental, horticultural and wooded.
The trees
The most valuable collection of arborescent myrtles in Galicia stands out, whose presence in the Pazo, together with the Arbutus unedo, considered the largest in this community, dates back to the first half of the 19th century. From the second half of the 20th century, there are around fifty Platanus x hispanica, many over 40 meters high, Eucalyptus globulus which are surely the oldest in Galicia, as well as specimens of Camellia, Phoenix dactylifera, Cupressus lusitánica, Magnolia grandiflora and Fraxinus.
The Baroque chapel
In the surroundings of the gardens, the 15th century pazo is located, with renovations from the 17th and 18th centuries and imperial stairways from the 18th century, the Baroque chapel from the 18th century, although with origins from the 15th-16th centuries, with a neoclassical altarpiece of 4 sizes by José Gambino. Inside the building, there is the gallery with works from the s. XIX to the present, especially by Galician artists (Picasso, Brocos, Ovidio Murgía, Isaac Díaz Pardo ...).
The oldest piece is a flamenco-style panel from the 16th century, it also presents pieces loaned on deposit by the Prado Museum, 19th century furniture and other ornamental accessories, carvings, porcelain, traditional works of the province, vintage carriages, etc.
The garden of the word
In the garden there is a small jetty that, in addition to being used as a place of leisure, served the lords and servants of the pazo to cross the estuary before the construction of the Pedrido bridge. Starting in 1997, the "garden of the word" was created, in which illustrious visitors plant a tree and leave a message at its foot for the future.
Pazo de Mariñán
Chronology
- 15th century
The origins of the Pazo de Mariñán date back to the mid-15th century as a defense commissioned by Gómez Pérez das Mariñas, a noble knight of the court of Juan II, who actively participated in the Irmandiñas fights. Gómez Pérez das Mariñas called himself "Lord of the Mariñas, of Mesía and of Moscoso". The initial construction is known as "de Bergondo".
Mariñán from Gómez Pérez das Mariñas is inherited from father to son. It is a genealogical line that, without breaks, ends in Don Gerardo Bermúdez de Castro and Suárez de Deza, lord of Láncara. A good part of the great Galician lineages converges in his blood: the houses of Traba, Altamira, Lemos, Luis de Pimentel and Sotomayor, Hueca, Sarmiento, Ulloa, Suárez de Deza, Osorio, Láncara, etc. - 18th century
In the second half of the 18th century it began to become a pazo (a residential palace for aristocratic families) and its orchards and farmland were transformed into well-tended gardens. The architecture of the Pazo presents a plan of a “U” structure. The main façade is dominated by an imperial staircase, where two stone servants, administrator and butler, receive newcomers. From the staircase there is access to the entrance room that acts as a distributor to the other units. The rear façade is dominated by a wide terrace with balustrades and a curious organization of accesses, interspersing sections broken at an angle, topped with sculptures of vases, fountains and channels for water games.
The large chapel may have had a primitive foundation with the second daughter of Gómez Pérez de las Mariñas, Doña Constanza, who inherited this house. However, in the 18th century, within the stylistic guidelines of the Baroque, an absolute reform was carried out. The façade, with a bell tower and pinnacles topped in balls, is typical of that century. On the contrary, the altarpiece takes us into neoclassical rationalism. It presents two doors; one in the upper part through which owners and those close to the small choir or tribune accessed, and another on the ground floor, forming a right angle with the main facade of the house, through which the rest of those attending the worship entered. In addition to fulfilling its religious function, it was, as in other pazos, a link between the owners and the surrounding neighbours. - 1936
Its last owner, Mr. Gerardo Bermúdez de Castro, who when he died without issue in 1936, donated the Pazo to the A Coruña County Council for social purposes. It was hospice for more than three decades. At present, in addition to being a museum and art gallery, it hosts institutional events and socio-cultural activities.