How does Tertulia Monument (Literary Circle in Modern Coffee) elucidate its Description?
These cultural and political meetings in the city are reflected in this sculptural group that recreates one of the most important meetings of Galician intellectuals of the time in the Café Moderno, led by the violinist Manuel Quiroga with his violin; it shows the writers and intellectuals Castelao (artist and writer), Ramón Cabanillas, Carlos Casares, Valentín Paz Andrade (politician and writer) and the politician and intellectual Alexandre Bóveda.
The sculptural group is placed on a circular base of polished black granite. It is made of bronze and shows the participants of the cultural meeting (tertulianos) sitting on chairs around two tables. It weighs two tons. The bronze of the figures has Patinas that give it different finishes and shades.Around the two tables sat Alexandre Bóveda, Castelao, Valentín Paz Andrade and Ramón Cabanillas. The youngest member of the group, Carlos Casares, leans on the latter two, observing the scene, while all the participants in the meeting watch the performance of the violinist from Pontevedra, Manuel Quiroga.
The empty chairs next to the protagonists invite citizens to sit down and take pictures, so that the sculpture establishes a dialogue with the city.
Inside the Café Moderno, in one of its rooms, there is another sculptural group of the Monument to Tertulia. In this case, the replica of the statuary group is in polychrome bronze.
Castelao bronze Carlos Casares granite Patina Pontevedra Galician Alexandre Bóveda Valentín Paz Andrade Manuel Quiroga Café Moderno