Английская Википедия:Casa de los Vaamonde
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The Casa de los Vaamonde, also known as the Old Carabineros Barracks, is a Gothic-RenaissanceШаблон:Sfn house located in the historic centre of the Spanish city of Pontevedra.
Location
The house is located on the corner of Amargura and Isabel II streets,Шаблон:Sfn in the upper western part of the old town, close to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major.
History
This noble house is one of the oldest civil buildings in the city.Шаблон:Sfn It originally belonged to the Vaamonde or Ba(h)amonde family and was built between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century, around 1500. It was built in one of the most important locations in the city at the time, on the corner of the main street known as Açougue Street (now Isabel II Street).Шаблон:Sfn
The Vaamonde family spread from the north of Galicia to the rest of the Iberian Peninsula and, in Pontevedra, was linked to important lineages.Шаблон:Sfn
Only part of the original, larger noble house remains,Шаблон:Sfn which in the 15th century occupied the space between Eirado de Santa María and Amargura street. In the 19th century, the house was the Carabineros barracks and the headquarters of the Pontevedra Carabineros, whose original function was to guard the coast and borders.[1] In the 20th century, in the 1950s, the house was used as a primary school.[2]
Description
The house consists of a ground floor and two upper floors corresponding to three sections demarcated by horizontal bands of granite. On the main façade, the entrance door is preceded by three stone steps. It features an ogee two-lobed archШаблон:Sfn with a small coat of arms divided in two in the keystone. The left half of the coat of arms (which features a helmet with a plume of a single feather) is decorated with a band of eight orders corresponding to an unknown lineage and the other half with a band of three and nine orders, the original coat of arms of the Vaamonde family.Шаблон:Sfn
On this facade, there are two windows on the first floor, the one on the left with an ogee archШаблон:Sfn on a lintel and decorated with interlace, and another window with a balcony on the upper section. On the Isabel II Street side facade, there is a window with a segmental arch decorated with fleurons on the ground floor,Шаблон:Sfn two other windows on the first floor and three others (including two balconies) on the upper floor.
The cornice at the top of the façades is decorated with stone half-spheres or balls,Шаблон:Sfn a typical feature of Renaissance architecture in Pontevedra,Шаблон:Sfn which can also be seen on the cornice of the Casa de las Campanas.
The coat of arms of the neighbouring house also bears the Vaamonde family coat of arms, as well as those of the Mariño family (three waves) and the Andrade and Menelao families (an eagle).Шаблон:Sfn
Gallery
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Façades
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Side façade of the Vaamonde House
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Façade with window with ogee arch decorated with interlace
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Window with its fleuron decoration
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Coat of arms of Vaamonde House
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Side facade of the Vaamonde house
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Renaissance façade
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Main facade adjoining the neighbouring house
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Renaissance decoration shaped like balls on the upper part of one of the façades
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Coat of arms of the adjoining house
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Main façade
References
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