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11 Dec, 8 tweets, 7 min read
O Pazo de Meirás pódese tamén ver como un colosal dispositivo fake: unha simulación destinada a leximitar os seus habitantes a través da relación co pasado.

O inventario permítenos apreciar unha obsesión reveladora: os escudos heráldicos.
Veña escudos....
E máis escudos....
Non queres caldo? Dúas cuncas...
Meirás como un vórtice succionador das antigas liñaxes fidalgas do país, como se ao invocar a súa memoria nos xardíns, Franco se apropiara tamén das liñas de sangue azul que rexeron o país. Hai abondo testemuñas da relación despectiva da aristocracia española con el.
O pazo reflicte esa obsesión, o sentimento de inferioridade, a necesidade de crear un contorno lexítimo ancorado no pasado aínda que todo resulte un pastiche kitsch.

Revela o conflito psicolóxico. Defendo un mundo ao que non pertenzo. E tento apropiarme del simbolicamente.
En que medida a propia arquitectura deseñada pola condesa de Pardo Bazán (ela foi a primeira do seu título, e o título do seu pai era pontificio, un pouco "de segunda") non revela tamén algo similar? É Meirás algo máis que unha estética máis ou menos de moda?
O pazo revela a estrutura simbólica profunda do país: cando a riqueza material dos pazos desaparecía, o seu poder simbólico seguía sendo obsesivo para dous galegos con arelas de triunfo. Cada un ao seu xeito, desde vértices distintos, precisaban ese pasado para xustificarse.

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9 Dec
Tired after a long day of hunting or a hard run against the neighboring hillfort? Try relaxing in a sweat lodge, those fascinating Iron Age buildings from Gallaecia that we will visit in this #hillfortswednesday 📸by @par_virtual
The sweat lodges are very unique buildings from the Iron Age in NW Iberia. They are concentrated in the west of Asturias and in the north of Portugal.

It has not yet been explained why there are so few in the central region.
📸by Marco G. Quintela

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Tras a celebración dos 500 anos da Asemblea de Melide, quérovos contar como concibimos esta ilustración feita por Alberto Taracido para o @consellocultura. A ilustración, que amosa un momento da redacción das capitulacións, é a suma de moitas decisións e ideas. Imos aló. 👇 Image
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Today in #hillfortsWednesday I will talk to you about one of the most enigmatic and spectacular fortresses on the Galician coast: Mount Pindo. It is a story of wolf queens, burning forests and excommunicated castles. Come on, thread! 👇
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