Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)
Don Perfecto Feijoó Poncet
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 9, 2023
1. Don Perfecto Feijoó Poncet Marker
En este lugar vivió y ejerció
su profesión el farmaceutico
Don Perfecto Feijoó Poncet
Propulsor de los Coros Gallegos
En su centenario, el Colegio Oficial de Farmaceuticos y el Pueblo de Pontevedra.
At this location, the pharmacist Perfecto Feijoo Poncet, a proponent of Galician choral music, lived and practiced his profession.
The Official College of Pharmacists and the Town of Pontevedra mark the centenary of his birth.
Erected 1958 by Colegio Oficial de Farmaceuticos, Pueblo de Pontevedra.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Science & Medicine.
Location. 42° 25.85′ N, 8° 38.667′ W. Marker is in Pontevedra, Galicia. It is on Rúa Michelena, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Rúa Michelena 1, Pontevedra, Galicia 36002, Spain. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, on the Atlantic Arc, in Europe, in the European Union, in Atlantic Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, in the
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Don Claudio Gonzalez Zuñiga (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Arturo Souto (about 90 meters away); Ruins of Santo Domingo Church (about 210 meters away); Don Casto Méndez Núñez (about 240 meters away); Valle Inclan (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); I Congreso Do Doreito Galego / First Congess of Galician Law (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Spanish Coup of 1936 Victims Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Monumento al Soldado (Monument to the Soldier) (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pontevedra.
Also see . . . Perfecto Feijoo (Wikipedia, in Spanish).
Excerpts (in translation): Perfecto Feijoo Poncet (1858-1935) was an enthusiastic promoter of the revaluation of traditional Galician culture.(Submitted on September 9, 2023.)
Returning to Pontevedra in 1880, he set up his pharmacy in the traditional Plaza de la Peregrina,on Calle de la Oliva. His pharmacy was not only a medicine dispensary, but also a bright focus of social activity, a point of convergence where numerous personalities from politics, such as Eugenio Montero Ríos, Pablo Iglesias, Diego Pazos Espés and Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, as well as from the world of arts and letters, such as Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Emilia Pardo Bazán and Miguel de Unamuno could mix.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 9, 20232. Don Perfecto Feijoó Poncet Marker - wide view
A passionate Galician and fervent admirer of all the manifestations of culture that give individual personality to the Galician identity, but most particularly of traditional music, in 1883 he proposed to a group of those friends who usually attend the informal but busy get-togethers in his pharmacy to form what will be the first Galician choir, with voices and traditional instruments, the bagpipe, horns, triangles and tambourines.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 145 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 9, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
