GALEGO
A uns metros deste caché atoparaste cos barrios de San Sebastián e San Benito, barrios emblemáticos do Porriño.
BARRIO DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
O barrio de San Sebastián e de San Benito, representan a orixe da conformación urbana do Porriño, e as primeiras vivendas comezaron a construírse no século XVII. No barrio de San Sebastián déronse os primeiros pasos para o nacemento da vila. Nesta zona e arredor da feira de gando que se celebraba aquí dende o século XVI, naceu O Porriño. Unha feira de gando emprazada nas proximidades do camiño real a Tui e Portugal, co que iso implicaba en canto a actividade comercial. San Sebastián, daquela, era un pequeno agrupamento de casas.
Xa no século XVIII, o Catastro de Ensenada sinala como O Porriño aínda non era un núcleo urbano compacto, espallándose as súas 206 casas pola beira da estrada real.
O PATRIMONIO
A CAPELA DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
É probable que a súa construción se realiza no ano 1552 e foi unha capela erguida para ir a misa que primeiro pasou a ser anexa a Santa Eulalia de Atios para despois dar orixe á parroquial do Porriño.
A PRAZA DE FIDENCIANO PALACÍN e A FONTE
A fonte de San Sebastián leva anos e anos dando de beber a porriñeses que se desprazan ata o barrio para encher as súas botellas e garrafas de auga fresca. Hoxe, ademais, é punto de encontro de grupos de afeccionados ó ciclismo para comezar dende aquí as súas rutas.
O carteiro Fidenciano Palacín foi un dos veciños máis queridos do barrio. Hoxe ten unha praza ao seu nome en lembranza da súa xenerosidade. Fidenciano representa o carácter traballador e respectuoso que sempre caracterizou ó barrio de San Sebastián.
BARRIO DE SAN BENITO
O barrio foi medrando grazas á existencia do camiño cara a vila de Tui e tamén pola celebración dun antigo mercado que lle proporcionou á zona unha importante riqueza comercial.
Pouco a pouco, San Benito ía desenvolvendo o seu entramado urbano e unha relevante actividade industrial. O barrios “dalá abaixo”, tal e como se lles coñece popularmente, eran o corazón da vila e San Benito convertíase, por así dicilo, no centro urbano daquel momento.
O seu patrimonio
Quiosco da Música
1908
É un dos elementos más característicos do barrio. Foi doado polo indiano Enrique Rodríguez. Como dato curioso hai que resaltar que os planos deste palco da música de estilo ecléctico foron trazados por Isidro Palacios García e Teruel, pai do arquitecto Antonio Palacios, natural do Porriño.
Capela de San Benito
Todo indica que a iniciativa da súa construción actívase no ano 1887, grazas á "Asociación de San Benito" da época que solicita axuda económica da emigración. Esta fermosa capela, sobria e elegante a un tempo, é o símbolo arquitectónico que define o barrio.
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NEIGHBORHOODS OF SAN BENITO AND SAN SEBASTIÁN DO PORRIÑO
A few meters from this cache you will find the Barrios de San Sebastián and San Benito, emblematic neighborhoods of Porriño.
The neighborhood of San Benito is one of the most emblematic of Porriño. Together with the neighborhood of San Sebastián, this area represents the origin of the town's urban structure, and the first houses began to be built in the 17th century.
The neighborhood grew thanks to the existence of the road to the town of Tui and also due to the celebration of an old market that provided the area with important commercial wealth.
Little by little, San Benito was developing its urban structure and a relevant industrial activity. The neighborhoods "down there", as they are popularly known, were the heart of the town and San Benito became, so to speak, the urban center of that time.
Your heritage
MUSIC KIOSK
1908
It is one of the most characteristic elements of the neighborhood. It was donated by the Indian Enrique Rodríguez. As a curious fact, it should be noted that the plans for this eclectic style music box were drawn by Isidro Palacios García e Teruel, father of the architect Antonio Palacios, a native of Porriño.
CHAPEL
Towards the year 1890
Everything indicates that the initiative for its construction was activated in the year 1887, thanks to the "Association of San Benito" of the time that requested economic help from emigration. This beautiful chapel, sober and elegant at the same time, is the architectural symbol that defines the neighborhood.
SAN SEBASTIÁN NEIGHBORHOOD
In the neighborhood of San Sebastián, the first steps were taken towards the birth of the town. In this emblematic area, and around the cattle fair that has been held here since the 16th century, O Porriño was born. A cattle fair located near the royal road to Tui and Portugal, with what this implied in terms of commercial activity. San Sebastián, at that time, was a small cluster of houses.
Another fact that places us at that time is what the historian Espinosa Rodríguez collects in a deed of the convent of Santo Domingo de Tui from the year 1552. In it it is stated that the first parish of Porriño was located in the chapel of San Sebastián "which its neighbors built in it fairground".
Already in the 18th century, the Land Register of Ensenada points out how O Porriño was not yet a compact urban nucleus, with its 206 houses spread along the side of the royal road.
THE HERITAGE
THE CHAPEL OF SAN SEBASTIAN
It is likely that it was built in the year 1552. The hermitage of San Sebastián was a chapel erected for going to mass that first became attached to Santa Eulalia de Atios and then gave rise to the parish of Porriño.
THE PLAZA FIDENCIANO PALACÍN and THE FOUNTAIN
The fountain in San Sebastián has been drinking for years and years for people from Porrin who travel to the neighborhood to fill their bottles and carafes with fresh water. Today, it is also a meeting point for groups of cycling enthusiasts to start their routes from here.
The postman Fidenciano Palacín was one of the most beloved residents of the neighborhood. Today it has a square named after him in memory of his generosity. Fidenciano represents the hard-working and respectful character that has always characterized the neighborhood of San Sebastián. Let's honor his memory, and that of all the residents of the neighborhood, by taking care of that environment.