History
The Pazo Arretén is a unique space, a jewel of Galician history that you can enjoy today like never before.
Also known as Casa Grande de Arretén, the estate belonged for generations to the noble Bermúdez de Castro family, who in the sixteenth century built the Renaissance-style “pazo” (country house).
It is, therefore, the place where the ancestors of the poetess Rosalía de Castro, emblem and figure par excellence of Galicia, lived; her mother, María Teresa da Cruz Castro, was also born here.
Rosalía dedicates some verses to it, to the town of Padrón, to the region of Sar and to our “pazo,” with its warm home and its portentous chapel, in one of her best-known poems, “Como chove miudiño”:
E tamen vexo enloitada
D’ Arretén á casa nobre
Dond’ á miña nay foy nada!
Cal viudiña abandonada
Que cay triste ô pe d’ un robre.
Casa grande, lle chamaban
Noutro tempo venturoso
Cand’ os probes á improraban.
E fartiños se quentaban
O seu lume cariñoso.
Cand’ os cantos ná capilla
Da gran casa resoaban
Con fervor e fé sensilla
Rico fruto d’ á semilla
Qu’ os barons santos sembraban.
Rosalía de Castro. Cantares Gallegos, 1863
Rosalía dedicates some verses to it, to the town of Padrón, to the region of Sar and to our “pazo,” with its warm home and its portentous chapel, in one of her best-known poems, “Como chove miudiño”:
Rosalía de Castro
Poet and novelist
1837-1885
E tamen vexo enloitada
D’ Arretén á casa nobre
Dond’ á miña nay foy nada!
Cal viudiña abandonada
Que cay triste ô pe d’ un robre.
Casa grande, lle chamaban
Noutro tempo venturoso
Cand’ os probes á improraban.
E fartiños se quentaban
O seu lume cariñoso.
Cand’ os cantos ná capilla
Da gran casa resoaban
Con fervor e fé sensilla
Rico fruto d’ á semilla
Qu’ os barons santos sembraban.
Rosalía de Castro. Cantares Gallegos, 1863
With the passage of time, the “pazo” was plunged into abandonment until it reached a ruinous state. In 1999 it was acquired by the Vidalferrs group and, after a major refurbishment, it came back to life. Its once famous orchard sprouted again, in this case with Albariño grape vines for the production of the wines of the Pazo Arretén winery, which belong to the Rías Baixas Designation of Origin.
With the passage of time, the “pazo” was plunged into abandonment until it reached a ruinous state. In 1999 it was acquired by the Vidalferrs group and, after a major refurbishment, it came back to life. Its once famous orchard sprouted again, in this case with Albariño grape vines for the production of the wines of the Pazo Arretén winery, which belong to the Rías Baixas Designation of Origin.
Now, it's time for you to enjoy the Casa Grande.
Stay in Arretén, disconnect between its stone walls, be surprised by the murmur of its fountains, and feel the very essence of the history of Galicia.
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