[7] At the end of the 19th century, Valle-Inclán lived in the house that borders the square on the west side between 1893 and 1895, when he wrote his book Femeninas.

On the occasion of the death of Rogelio Lois in 1905, the magazine La Ilustración Gallega paid tribute to him and agreed with the Pontevedra City Council that a square would be named after him.

[9] The square was redesigned in November 1962 by the architect and town planner Francisco Pons Sorolla with the aim of enhancing the beauty and charm of the historic area.

It is organised in two heights or levels due to the slope of the land that descends from one of the two hills of the historic centre, next to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, towards the Lérez River.

[17] The lower part depicts Adam and Eve being tempted by the serpent and tasting the fruit of the tree of knowledge, while on the shaft is an image of St Anthony with the Child on his lap, next to an inscription asking for a prayer for the souls in purgatory and Saint Michael the Archangel.

One of them bears the following inscription in Gothic characters on both sides: « ESTA OBRA MAN / DOU FAZER / ESTEVAN MARTINEZ / RREGYDOR / ERA DE CCCLXXX »[21] ("This work was commissioned by Esteban Martínez, ruler.