[9][13][14][15][16] In 1517, as a symbol of the city's splendour, under the auspices of the Seamen's Guild, the construction of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major began, its facade being one of the first things that the sailors saw of Pontevedra when they arrived from fishing at sea.

[9][17] From the quays of A Moureira, ships left for the most important commercial enclaves such as England or Flanders, and in the streets of the town in the 16th century, the urban atmosphere was distinctly cosmopolitan, with citizens as diverse as Bretons, Flemings and Portuguese.

The embankments led to the development of the present Corvaceiras Avenue in the 1960s, which eventually served as the city's ring road, near the ria and the river.

Today, the square is surrounded by orange trees and has a neoclassical stone fountain in its centre, crowned by the Greek goddess Pheme, designed by Alejandro Sesmero in 1876.

[27] In the Campo de la Torre, where the fishermen worked and where they repaired and dried the fishing equipment, since 1900 the Pontevedra bullring has been located and, a little further on, the chapel of Saint Roch, built in an area very close to the docks in honour of Saint Roch, the protector of the plague, to protect the inhabitants of the city from the deadly effects of the ships that arrived infected with the plague.

The old Saint Lazarus Hospital, dating from the 15th century, stands out in the street, with a small stone terrace at the end of the external staircase and high quadrangular pilasters.

[29][30] The quays (peiraos) of the Moureiras consisted of a central stone staircase and two lateral platforms that protruded towards the water, facilitating the loading and unloading of boats, and each had its own name.

[6] Some of the current names of the streets and alleys of the Moureiras are linked to the maritime architecture of the district, such as Plaza del Muelle, Xan Guillermo (owner of one of the Lérez docks), Sardina, Hermanos Nodales, Almirantes Matos, Milano de los Mares or Juan Villaverde Barcala (former president of the Sailors Guild).