| ( Adjacent to the atrium of the church, Santiago do Deán ) The origin of this large house go back to a construction from the 16th century built by the Romay family, a noble lineage from the Arousa Estuary and the Ulla region that is related by marriage to the Caamaño and Lobería families. The current building was built in the 18th century and its name, Aguiar, comes from the consecutive marriages among the families from the ancient nobility. A descendant of the Romay family, María de la Concepción de Aguiar married to Joaquín Díaz de Rábago, a distinguished sociologist and economist in Galicia in the 19th century. Nowadays, the owner of the large house is Carmela Arias Díaz de Rábago, the FENOSA countess and president of the Pedro Barrié de la Maza Foundation. She has also been distinguished with the title of Honorary Citizen of A Pobra do Caramiñal. Its most sober and monumental streak evokes the baroque style, playing with the different architectural volumes instead of manipulating the decorative elements. It is remarkable the solemn emphasis put on the main façade, which gives the house a magnanimity style and a perfect symmetry. The nobility of its elevation, with impeccable masonry walls, has not been altered by the rhythm of the windows’ arrangement, - with forged balconies-, and neither for the waving front that holds beautiful coat of arms carved in the stone. Here, as in the Jailhouse, we find big stone gargoyles resembling cannons. The horizontal character of the façade is in clear contrast with the tower, which emerges over the roofs on an attempt of functioning as a viewpoint over the Arousa Estuary and not as a defence tower. The large house, built on a high land, stands out above the atrium of the parish church of O Deán; it is a privileged location to dominate the old stone constructions of the town. Parish: Santiago of O Deán Place: Santiago of O Deán Style: Baroque Century: 18th | |