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The Fiel contraste

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piece is the Faithful Contrast, which represents a Herculean man (characteristic of Ramón Conde's work) and timeless, with his left arm extended holding a pair of scales in his hand. The statue is 1.93 metres (6 ft 4 in) high and weighs 300 kg (660 lb). His strong features
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is today. At the entrance to the Alhóndiga, the Fiel Contraste was responsible for checking the weights and measures of all the goods that arrived there to be sold. The taxes on the market depended on the verification of the weight of bread or cereals or the measures of wine. The disappearance of
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denote power and authority in the exercise of his function to resolve conflicts about the exact weight of products in the city's fairs and markets.
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city market, such as shopkeepers with their baskets in front of them or merchants on any given day in a city market.
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administration, with the appearance of the metric system and, finally, with the inauguration of the current
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The commercial and fishing boom in Pontevedra had boosted the holding of markets in the city, notably the
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Building of the Official Association of Building Engineers and Technical Architects of Pontevedra
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this profession occurred with the unification of weights and measures brought about by the
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is a sculptural group created by the Spanish sculptor Ramón Conde, located in
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in the form of silhouettes or shadows depicting popular characters from a
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The sculptural group consists of five pieces. The central
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The sculptural group is located in the place where the
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Ramón Conde
Bronze
Corten steel
Pontevedra, Spain
Coordinates
42°25′55.6″N 8°38′48.0″W / 42.432111°N 8.646667°W / 42.432111; -8.646667
Pontevedra, Spain
Pontevedra City Hall
grain market
Middle Ages
medieval
Civil Servant
16th century
Pontevedra City Hall
Bourbon
City Hall
Feira Franca
King Henry IV of Castile
bronze
two-dimensional
Corten Steel
medieval






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