[1] The square takes its name from the commercial activity that took place there in the past: wood and pine cones were sold to supply kitchen ovens, Fireplaces and the old heating systems of the town's houses.

[2] The Plaza de la Leña was known since the late Middle Ages as Eirado or Eiradiño in the 15th century.

Muleteers from the surrounding area would gather here with carts full of firewood and peasant women with their bundles of twigs and baskets of pine cones.

The calvary, which was broken into several pieces, was temporarily restored by Castelao for his work As cruces de pedra na Galiza.

Outstanding artists have made countless drawings, engravings, watercolours and oil paintings of it and it has been a source of inspiration for writers and poets such as Viñas Calvo.

On the east side of the square are the 18th-century Baroque Pazos García Flórez and Castro Monteagudo (now part of the Pontevedra Museum) linked by a kind of granite arch bridge.

On the southeast side, the baroque pazo Castro Monteagudo, dating from 1760, stands out for its balcony supported by large Modillions, and the pazo García Flórez on the northeast side stands out for its huge stone coat of arms with a great helm and for the stone statues on the corners of the roof representing hope and strength.